Carried interest

The bloated buy-out barons in the US and UK, particularly the leveraged flippers, need no special tax treatment

KKR / Pets at Home

The UK’s largest pet retailer has been bought for a hefty price – but the valuation may be justified by its market resilience

Blackstone’s British bank

Many will question the logic of launching a bank in today’s economy but the US-based private equity firm may do just that

Travelport

Blackstone’s forthcoming flotation of Travelport will be the first private equity float this year – and the first major European listing in two years

Private equity

Private equity firms are currently going through their own Darwinian process, but it is neither small nor slow

Carlyle private equity in China

The US-based private equity fund is only the second foreign firm to announce its plans to raise a renminbi-denominated fund in China

Private equity in 2010

Power has shifted from manager to investor: the licence to shop indiscriminately has been revoked and investors are unlikely to reinstate it

The decade in review

How the past 10 years played out for an investor starting 2000 with
$1m and spending little time on his investments

Private equity IPOs

Private equity disclosure

Private equity commitments

Hedge funds

KKR

TPG scales back

Hedge funds and shorting

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