peHUB Second Opinion 5.24.10

Fidelity National: So it’s a leveraged recap instead of The Big One. Good riddance, says Fortune.

Carried interest: Congress’s tax folly.

Spanish private equity: It’s got it rough.

Barclays: Its PE division may spin out in a management buyout.

Tony Blair: Now reachable at Khosla Ventures.

Financial reform: It won’t change the structure of Wall Street, and thus is kind of useless, according to Robert Reich.

Ben Bernanke: He makes about $200,000 a year. The heads of some of the regional banks make double that.

How to nail the five-minute pitch: Handy things entrepreneurs must include.

John Doerr: At Tech Crunch Disrupt, he said he uses his iPad in church. He also added some things about the four horsemen of the apocalypse.