Private Equity: Nothing To Hide?

A record number of private equity transactions have taken place in the last 12 months. Whilst the majority of these transactions have involved smaller, unknown targets, there have also been a significant number of bids made for very large, well known and, arguably, well managed organisations.

Given the profile of some of these targets, there has been increasing media attention directed at private equity, which has coincided with increasing attention from the Federal Government.

In light of the actual and potential scale of private equity investment, the Federal Government claims that superannuation and ordinary savings of millions of Australians may potentially be at risk if invested in private equity.