Looking back on Tea Party power and the MFA’s lobbying team

AR also revisits a Congressional attempt to study hedge funds.

One year ago

»» Podesta Group lobbyist Andy Lewin took a glimpse into a world beyond the midterm elections and predicted what the rapid rise of the Tea Party could mean for hedge funds.

“Tea Party members and Republicans generally would likely agree to oppose discriminatory changes to carried interest taxation and would probably oppose attempts made during the Dodd-Frank process to effectively tax hedge funds to pay for systemic risk regulation,” Lewin said.

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