Regulation
Sovereign risk overtakes sovereign wealth?
As the echoes of President Barack Obama’s thunderbolt against the banks, hedge funds and private equity continue to reverberate around financial circles, greater uncertainty – rather than certain doom – seems to be about to rain down on us.
Risks and rewards for 2010
The year ahead is already being keenly talked over – and up – as investors and financial/commercial figures watch for indicators of what direction the global economy is going to take as it exits the past year’s dead zone.
CalPERS places spotlight on placement
One not strictly Asia Pacific development that emerged lately – but one that certainly has implications for GPs here – is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing controversy over the relationship between California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)...
Anticlimax in Copenhagen
The long-awaited Copenhagen climate conference delivered much sound and fury – but few substantive results.
Australia tax office may hit investments
The Australian Tax Office has made a draft determination stating that in some cases profits from the disposal of assets by private equity firms can be classed as taxable income.
ILPA principles are emerging winners
Leading development finance institutions have lined up to endorse the Private Equity Principles recently promulgated by the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) – a strong signal for GPs and advisors across Asia Pacific that the principles...
PRC State Council makes new partnership rule
China’s State Council has announced a new rule, ‘Administrative Measures on Partnership Enterprises Established by Foreign Enterprises or Individuals,’ that will allow foreign entities to form partnerships in China, with local entities or independently....
PRC central government announces VC fund plans
China’s central government has announced on the State Council website its plans for national-government-backed VC funds, to operate alongside local government and private funds.