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This document is a printout of a Wall Street Journal article from February 26, 2014, reporting on comments made by Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein at a conference in Berlin. Rubenstein predicted that U.S. tax reform legislation affecting private-equity 'carried interest' profits, proposed by Rep. Dave Camp, was unlikely to pass due to political factors including Max Baucus's departure to China. The document bears a House Oversight stamp.

People (6)

Name Role Context
David Rubenstein Co-founder, Carlyle Group LP
Speaking at SuperReturn conference; doubts tax reform on private equity will pass.
Mike Spector Author
Writer of the WSJ article.
Dave Camp Chairman, U.S. House Ways and Means Committee
Republican from Michigan; proposed cleaning up 'carried interest' tax treatment.
Max Baucus U.S. Ambassador to China
Montana Democrat; former chairman of Senate Finance Committee; his departure confirmed lowering chances of legislation.
Ken Fisher Forbes columnist
Mentioned in the advertisement at the top of the page.
Kravis Private Equity figure
Mentioned in sidebar: 'Kravis Warns on Debt Levels'.

Organizations (8)

Name Type Context
Carlyle Group LP
Private equity firm co-founded by David Rubenstein.
Wall Street Journal
Publisher of the article and the opinion piece by Dave Camp.
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee
Chaired by Dave Camp.
Senate Finance Committee
Previously chaired by Max Baucus.
Fisher Investments
Advertiser at the top of the document.
TPG
Mentioned in sidebar regarding potential public offering.
Apollo
Mentioned in sidebar regarding debt investment.
SuperReturn International
Private-equity conference in Germany.

Timeline (1 events)

2014-02-26
SuperReturn International private-equity conference
Berlin, Germany

Locations (6)

Location Context
Location of the SuperReturn conference and dateline of article.
Country where the conference was held.
Location where Carlyle Group is based.
State represented by Dave Camp.
State represented by Max Baucus.
Location where Max Baucus is serving as Ambassador.

Relationships (1)

David Rubenstein Political/Professional Dave Camp
Rubenstein commented on Camp's legislative proposals regarding tax reform.

Key Quotes (4)

"U.S. lawmakers are 'unlikely' to take up legislation this year that could potentially increase taxes on deal profits reaped by private-equity managers."
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"We can clean up provisions like carried interest that allow certain private-equity firms to get the investment-income tax rate on what anyone else would call normal wage income"
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"It's unlikely that will get into law"
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"I don't think there is likely to be any tax reform legislation passed by this Congress at all."
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