The month-long US government shutdown has stalled rule-making by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would ease access for 401(k) plan managers to include private-credit and alternative assets in defined-contribution vehicles, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Spanish authorities have launched a high-profile tax investigation into CVC Capital Partners, targeting one of the firm’s top executives and raising concerns across the country’s private equity industry, according to a report by the Financial Times.
The US Government Accountability Office is set to assess the systemic risks posed by the $1.7tn private credit sector, highlighting growing regulatory scrutiny of the industry that has become an increasingly important source of financing for PE-backed companies, according to a report by Bloomberg.
VC and mid-market PE firms are increasingly concerned about regulatory issues with particular worries about their impact on investment, new research from Ocorian shows, despite the apparent pivot away from regulation by enforcement by US regulators.
The Trump administration is preparing an executive order that could mark a significant regulatory shift by making private markets investments available to the $12.4tn US 401(k) defined-contribution retirement market, according to a report by Reuters.
The UK government is set to unveil sweeping changes to its regulatory framework for hedge funds and private equity firms, proposing a new lighter-touch regime for managers with less than £5bn in assets under management rather than the £100m threshold currently, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the music investment company owned by private equity giant Blackstone, has hit a legal roadblock in its dispute with Barry Manilow over a $1.5m bonus payment, with a High Court ruling in London preventing the case from proceeding in the UK, according to a report by Reuters.
The Financial Conduct Authority, the UK’s financial regulator, is set to examine potential conflicts of interest among managers of private equity and private credit funds, according to a report by the Financial times.
HMRC, the UK tax authority has abandoned a controversial crackdown on private equity firms, averting a potential tax hit that could have amounted to hundreds of millions of pounds in retrospective liabilities, according to a report by the Financial Times.
President Donald Trump has revived calls to eliminate the carried interest tax deduction, a longstanding benefit cherished by hedge fund managers and private equity executives, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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