New pensions bill to impact private equity industry

The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has warned that current government proposals regarding pensions will have an adverse affect on the private equity and venture capital industries. Under the new rules, a pension regulator, due to be launched next January, can recoup money from a company's directors and shareholders if it believes they purposely deprived the pension fund of money. This means that a private equity firm may potentially find itself losing significant amounts of capital bailing out an under-funded pension scheme. It also means that limited partners are likely to become increasingly wary of investing in UK private equity funds.

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