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

Europe will risk "further relative decline" if it does not remove barriers that prevent foreign groups from investing on the continent, the head of Europe's private equity lobby said

As George Osborne is due to announce later today where they are seeking to save £6 bn, the GMB points out that ending tax relief on private equity borrowing would save a fortune. At Boots alone this tax break will cost taxpayers in excess of £230m to subsidise a greedy multi millionaire anarchic elite. Boots have announced they are

Private equity firms fear Government plans to raise capital gains tax from 18pc to 40pc could deal a devastating blow to their business model.

In Britain anyone who is anyone has a hedge fund, or did. In China, anyone who is anyone’s child has his own private equity firm: Prominent private equity princelings include George Li, a former banker at Merrill Lynch and UBS...

Rewind almost three years and the trade union movement was embroiled in a bitter media spat with the private equity industry. We were asked to produce the evidence that private equity firms increased risk for the companies they acquired. Well, the evidence is now here.

Tension between regulators and private equity over planned EU regulation erupted on Thursday, as the Financial Services Authority said the "arrogance" of the buy-out industry had put it in the spotlight

The Daily Telegraph reports that Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary is “bankrolled” by a private health firm: John Nash, the chairman of Care UK, gave £21,000 to fund Andrew Lansley’s personal office in November. Mr Nash, a private equity tycoon, also manages several other businesses providing services to the NHS and stands to be one of

“It’s now or never for the leaders of the world’s biggest economies to make the changes that will support their claims to have learnt the lessons of the financial and economic crises. Oooh aye? “Strict and consistent measures must be put in place to regulate financial markets, particularly in regard to hedge and private equity funds. Private equity