UNI has put out a useful little report (PDF) looking at pension fund investment in private equity as an asset class. It helpfully points out where the labour movement has representation in the funds that are investing in PE (actually this is quite common). It's another sign that unions are developing another element to their engagement with private equity. So far we've had the air war - ...

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

The FT reports on a new Open Europe study, published today, on the EU's proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive. The report is based on two surveys of BVCA members (private equity managers) and AIMA members (hedge fund managers). In total, the survey respondents manage over €545 billion worth of assets worldwide, making this the most comprehensive study to date on ...

Some of Europe's biggest private equity investors have attacked a plan requiring alternative fund managers to register, saying it was likely to push up costs without delivering much benefit

Private equity chiefs scramble to defend their industry's tax advantages after Barack Obama proposed to more than double the tax rate for carried interest, the profit-share that provides much of their income

Private equity funds appear to have won a big political battle after EU officials unveiled their final proposals to regulate "alternative investment funds" in Europe for the first time

The US House of Representatives voted to hit private-equity executives with higher taxes as part of a piecemeal legislation that would also fund the renewal of tax breaks for large companies.

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.

In an interview with Euractiv, Javier Echarri, Secretary-General of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA), criticised the EU’s proposed directive on alternative investment funds for being flawed and for discriminating against private equity, particularly through its strict disclosure requirements.

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