Private equity tax rules examined
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The government is to review the way the UK tax system treats firms involved in private equity deals.
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The private equity business hit bumps. A deal was struck for a possible Dow Jones sale, and the Supreme Court struck down a longstanding rule on product pricing.
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Speculation rises about a clampdown on private equity firms after comments from Chancellor Gordon Brown.
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Private equity firms have  demonstrated strength in numbers by teaming up to make  significant acquisitions, and as some firms keep expanding,  investors say the trend toward "club" deals will help them snag  assets that once were out of their grasp.
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Blackstone Group LP , which is  preparing to go public later this month, said on Friday that  proposed U.S. Senate legislation on the taxation of private  equity firms could materially reduce earnings and lower the  partnership&#39;s value.
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The counterterrorism division of the Justice Department is investigating whether a private equity firm in Boston that manages hundreds of millions of dollars for Muslim investors overseas violated tax laws.
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Blackstone Group LP , which is preparing to go public, said on Friday that proposed U.S. Senate legislation on the taxation of private equity firms could materially increase its tax liability and lower the partnership's value.
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At long last, accounting regulators have published their final rule requiring public companies to expense stock options. The question is whether it will stand.
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A bill to raise taxes on "carried interest" compensation awarded to private equity firm partners was introduced on Friday by 14 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Judging from the recent headlines, it would be easy to think that Wall Street&#8217;s private-equity machine shut down for the entire month of August. That would be an exaggeration &#8212; though not by much. Data from Thomson Financial show that the combined value of private-equity-related mergers and acquisitions of United States companies came to just $4.2 [...].
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Bloomberg - July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama supports legislation to raise the tax rate for publicly traded private-equity and hedge funds, an aide said today.
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Private-equity and hedge funds may soon face the taxman.
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The private equity industry agrees to form a voluntary code to try and improve its disclosure.
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Business & money: PM-in-waiting challenged to curb private equity.
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A proposal to double the tax rate of executives at private equity firms would have negligible impact on the returns received by pensioners, specialists told Congress Thursday.
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A slew of private equity deals already under financing pressure from the credit crunch now face added concerns over a potential recession.
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Private equity managers like Henry R. Kravis are fighting a fierce, uphill lobbying battle over one of the most contentious tax proposals in the last decade.