Buzz Archive:
Financial Services Authority Examines the Private Equity Industry

by SJ Berwin, 6/12/2007

The U.S. Private Equity market, unlike the U.S. venture market, has awakened to the realities of possible increased government review, or worse, outright regulation. PE professionals should look to their brethren--the venture capital industry and its advocacy group--the National Venture Capital Association as a model to follow to beat back the artificial hand of government intervention.

But it might also look to the U.K., where for years, the FSA (Financial Services Authority) has had the authority to regulate private markets. The FSA is taking an increased look at the growing alternative asset sector--in particular private equity. Is this a map for what is to come in the U.S for both venture and private equity? You decide--but why leave to chance what you can prepare for? Download the report and learn more here.