April 2018 Issue

Plans to simplify the limited partnership agreement are ambitious, lawyers say.

The US regulator may not have named the industry as a priority in 2018, but that doesn’t mean managers can relax.

In this extract from The LPA Anatomised, Adam Turtle, Rede Partners, and Emma Cleveland, Cleveland & Co Associates, discuss carry models and GP commitments.

The real estate sector’s condemnation of ‘the most un-PC event of the year’ was swift. Now all eyes are on how it will act.

At first glance, the US government’s tax bill is business friendly. But for the private debt industry it is a double-edged blade.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affects almost all aspects of how private equity funds are managed. Here’s what we know so far.

The global initiative is reshaping firm and fund structures.

Claudia Ranieri and Susan Lynskey of Alaric Compliance Services examine the gap between the Securities and Exchange Commission and National Futures Association’s requirements.

The private funds industry is institutionalizing, but the methods for calculating and reporting performance are still all over the place.

Fear of losing money, warnings to be on best behavior or considering skipping events are misguided reactions to the events at the President’s Club charity dinner.

The changes needed to include private equity in defined contribution retirement plans are drastic.