As a political move, raising the taxes on private equity firms seem a no-brainer but as Megan Davies and Kim Dixon report, gaining tax dollars from the easy target may not be a simple process.

The tax is likely to be a hot issue at one of the private equity industry’s biggest conferences, Super Return International, which starts on Tuesday in Berlin and is attracting heavy hitters from major American buyout firms such as Carlyle and Apollo.

More PE news:

• Long list of buyout firms pursuing European deals (Reuters)
• Local buy-out firms defy US groups in China (FT)
• Private equity bids for KDG: sources (Reuters)
• Bain raises $525 million for new venture fund (Reuters)
• Denmark’s ATP to up hedge funds, private equity: CEO (Reuters)

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