Private Equity Growth Capital Council

What Henry Kravis Can Learn from Carl Icahn

Financial Services , Taking & Managing Risk

It’s been a bad week for the image minders in the private equity industry. First, Henry Kravis bemoaned the industry’s awful reputation, and now a tax-reform plan – floated by a Republican (gasp!) – threatens to axe its carried-interest tax goodie. Meanwhile, investors like Carl Icahn that once were reviled as “corporate raiders” have been […]

How’s that again, Mr. Rubenstein?

Financial Services

David Rubenstein wants to have it both ways. He’d like us to believe that he’s a reasonable fellow, ready to pay more tax if Congress would only change the law, according to a New York Times report:. “If you change the law, we’ll pay the taxes,” Mr. Rubenstein said to scattered applause during a debate […]