The Greenwich Roundtable has released a white paper describing how investors can manage complexity of alternative investments to improve their returns. The Greenwich Roundtable is a leading not-for-profit research and educational organization comprised largely of institutional investors overseeing collectively USD2.2 trillion in assets. The research paper focuses on understanding the

Fund administrator Kaufman Rossin Fund Services (KRFS) has introduced a new service designed to assist SEC-registered investment advisers of private funds in meeting their Form PF obligations. Form PF was adopted as part of a new rule which was unanimously approved by The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 26

Glocap Search LLC and Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst have released the 2012 Edition of the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst-Glocap Compensation Study, a probing compendium of 2011/12 compensation at US-based private equity funds. The study shows complete salary and bonus data across all titles and fund sizes for private

Brand identity is seen as ever more critical by those within the private equity industry, according to research from BackBay Communications, a strategic financial services branding, marketing and public relations firm, and PitchBook, an independent research firm providing data and analysis to the private equity industry. The study, Private Equity

ESMA has published its final advice (ESMA/2011/379) on the detailed rules underlying the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The rules proposed by ESMA will establish a comprehensive framework for alternative investment funds, their managers and depositaries. They are also designed to help achieve the AIFMD’s objective of increased transparency