Regulation & Legal

Sir David Walker’s report on transparency and disclosure has encouraged UK industry body, the BVCA, to name, shame and expel non-compliers with his proposed code.

UK industry body the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is bowing to pressure to be more transparent. The BVCA’s chief executive Simon Walker said the self-regulatory proposals were tough but necessary.

San Francisco-based placement agent Probitas Partners has added a new vice president in an effort to expand its real estate team.

A new tax on carried interest would be ‘a lot bigger than just private equity’, according to Phillips Hinch, a tax specialist with the US Chamber of Commerce, which recently released the second half of its study on proposed policy changes to carried interest taxation. Hinch tells PEO's Amanda Janis why the chamber opposes a change to carried-interest tax policy.

Two US Congressional committees will hold hearings on private equity ownership of nursing homes tomorrow; a REIT executive is the only finance-industry representative scheduled to testify.

The Dallas –based firm is adding to its hospitality roster with an eye to further hotel funds and investment mandates within the next two years.

As the secondary specialist continues to expand its investment team this year, Liquid Realty has added a fund controller to join the firm’s finance group.

Pithy quotes from people in and outside of the real estate industry

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The past year has seen a number of initiatives by the Chinese government to rein in foreign property investment, each different than the one before. Investors are learning to adapt to the constantly changing business environment. By Dave Keating