RSS feedsSir David Walker unveiled new governance rules for the embattled industry on Tuesday, forcing private equity to produce ‘business reviews’.
Advisers suggested that the most awkward aspect of the business reviews for private equity would surround their disclosure of risks, which must be fully explained in such documents.
With firms taking on massive debt to finance deals, and often disagreeing with tax authorities on the interpretation of tax rules, such information may well form a significant part of the new disclosures.
The rules may also simply hand an advantage to ever more secretive businesses, advisers have argued.
The reviews could prove cumbersome, involving disclosure of environment, social and community work, among other things. Other private businesses, such as those owned by Sir Richard Branson and Sir Philip Green, are exempt from disclosing this information.
Read more at www.walkerworkinggroup.com
