Came across this article early this morning when I was reading over Dealbook. I'm sure many of you have already seen it/read it but I thought it was worth posting on here for those who haven't.
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/private-eq…
It seems a bit ridiculous to me for there to be any investigations about the valuation practices of the private companies PE firms are investing in. There are of course....private, making it difficult to not have an element of subjectivity.
I'm interested to hear comments from those on WSO that are in PE now or were in PE at one time. What does all the press mean for PE short and long term and do you think this will all pass in the next year or so.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing as well when I read that in the morning. In addition to Obama seeking to increase the tax rate for carried interest. It's going to be really tough to accurately measure that as the article alludes to considering how subjective valuation is. May see in increase in more PE shops getting independent valuations for their investments even though a lot do that now anyway.
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