Private equity: are we nearing a peak?

For investors facing unrelentingly low interest rates, private equity has been one of the best performing asset classes in the last six to seven years. According to Bain & Co’s most recent annual report on private equity, on a worldwide basis, private equity fund distributions have exceeded contributions every year since 2011; on average, investors…

The Senior Managers and Certification Regime: What does it mean for alt asset managers?

Over the next two years the Senior Managers and Certification Regime will progressively cover the whole of the UK financial services industry (other than the insurance sector), replacing the Approved Persons Regime (APR). What can private equity and hedge fund managers expect? Out with the old, in with the new Over the next two years…