Tuesday 1 April 2008

SEIU legal push on private equity funds backed by SWFs

The SEIU has introduced legislation in California that would ban Californian public employee pension funds from investing in private equity firms backed by sovereign wealth funds. Reasons include lack of transparency of the fund, risky leveraged debt used as the financial return strategy, little incentive to invest in local community infrastructure investment and the political concern for the motivation of these firms are some of the reasons for concern.


Hat-tip: Capital Matters

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