Nicholas Donato

The rule’s complexity coupled with the incoming holiday season and regulators’ heavy workloads have been blamed for the delay. Onlookers now expect it to be implemented mid to late first quarter.

The revised guidelines feature an expanded list of ‘essential disclosures’ GPs should include in their investor reporting.

Non-US private equity and real estate firms have been given another year to prepare for the complex US tax law.

Foreign firms subject to FATCA reporting requirements may find relief in an ‘intergovernmental’ approach being pursued by US tax authorities.

The US accounting standards setter has released a discussion paper for its disclosure framework project that will likely reduce the number of notes CFOs include in their financial statements.

A large majority of GPs are under pressure from investors to contribute more capital to their own funds - but most may be unwilling or even unable to do so, according to a new Investec survey.

Occupy Wall Street protestors have submitted a detailed response to the Volcker Rule, arguing for stricter relationships between banks and private equity firms.

How pay rules should apply to private fund managers and whether it’s smart to keep dealmakers separate from a risk oversight team are among the questions now being considered by the UK’s Financial Services Authority.

Following a plea from legislators, US regulators have pushed back the comment period on the closely watched Volcker Rule. The move could spell trouble for banks who still face a July compliance deadline.

US tax authorities have significantly reduced the risk of sovereign wealth funds losing their tax-exempt status should certain trading restrictions be breached.