Private equity millionaire and Labour Party donor Nigel Doughty has died at the age of 54.

Following Florida victory, former private equity chief says his campaign for Republican nomination more interested in bolstering middle class

Executives at Bain Capital stand to lose more than rivals from any increase in taxes paid by the private equity industry

Executives fear targeting of Mitt Romney over his tax position could damage their relationship with pension plans and threaten a major tax break

Research shows high level of fees had a strong negative effect on US pensions fund returns as industry comes under intense political scrutiny

Senior bankers, private equity moguls and hedge fund managers appear cut off from the rest of us. They often pay little or no tax, Eh? What is this little or no tax? Is this some distand memory of the hedgie paying less tax than his cleaner? Which is really he pays a lower marginal rate

ABC began what is likely going to be a concerted attack on the Church of the Latter Day Saints now that Mitt Romney is the front runner for the GOP nomination. Under the headline "Mitt Romney Sent Millions to Mormon Church" the story opens like this: Underscoring the prominent, if little discussed role that Mitt Romney played as a Mormon leader, the private equity giant once run by the GOP preside...

Mr Romney’s wealth and the industry in which he made his fortune, private equity, have been thrust into the cauldron of presidential politics

The scorched-earth attacks on Mitt Romney’s years in the private equity business have raised hypocrisy to absurd levels

The Republican frontrunner should tell his version of his private equity career to prevent his opponents defining him