ThePrivateEquityCouncil, a lobbying outfit that represents ten of the biggest buyout shops, including Blackstone and Carlyle, got up and running in February.
Doug Lowenstein, who runs thePrivateEquityCouncil, the industry's lobby group, says that the tax change could wreck buy-out shops by discouraging young talent from going into privateequity and driving buy-out firms to relocate to countries that offer more favourable tax treatment.