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PE Hub: Private Equity and Pensions: A Strong Partnership
Private equity has been widely recognized as the best investment for public pension funds, helping to secure the retirements of millions of teachers, firefighters, police officers, and public…
Case Studies
Entrust: Investing in our Nation’s Cyber Security
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Entrust is a leading provider of identity-based security solutions. Private equity firm Thoma Bravo’s investment team helped…
Policy Articles
Form PF
The AIC urges the SEC to reform Form PF to reflect the fact that private equity investment advisers, funds and their portfolio companies pose no systemic risk. This will reduce unnecessary…
CFOs Day
Robert Hull, CFO of Providence Equity Partners, leads a panel on technology.
The Council held its Chief Financial Officers…
The SEC’s Current Views on Private Equity
Key Takeaways of Marc Wyatt’s Recent Speech
By: Jason E. Brown, Joel Wattenbarger, and Lindsay Rutishauser, Ropes & Gray
As a follow up to last year’s “Spreading Sunshine in Private…
Report Shows Private Equity Best For Long-Term Investment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With recent news coverage focusing on the relationship between private equity firms and pension funds, the latest Performance Update Report from the Private Equity Growth Capital…
Bridging the Gap: Aligning the Responsible Investment Interests of Limited Partners and General Partners
By: Malcolm Preston, PwC, Global Sustainability Leader
You can read the full report here.
The growing need to demonstrate responsible investment practices is an important influence on business…
Carried Interest
First Quarter President’s Report
By: Steve Judge
The first quarter of 2015 saw an increase in partisanship and a focus on international issues, which made substantive legislation more difficult to achieve. We continue to…
Conflicts, Conflicts Everywhere: When “No Harm, No Foul” is Not a Defense
By: Amran Hussein, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP[1]
Over the last several years, both the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) and the…
Private Equity Investment Volume Remains Strong in Q1 2015
WASHINGTON – Private equity investment volume remained strong in Q1 despite a seasonal slowdown in overall private equity activity, according to the Private Equity Growth Capital Council’s (PEGCC)…
Legislative Priorities
CEO CAPITOL HILL DAY
Chris Abraham, CEO of Service King (a Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group portfolio company) and Congressman Pete Sessions…
Debevoise & Plimpton on Cybersecurity: Reducing Threats to Private Equity Firms and Their Portfolio Companies
By: Jeffrey P. Cunard and James Pastore
Like other businesses today, private equity firms and their portfolio companies increasingly face serious data security threats – for example, from…
PEGCC Q3 2014 Performance Update: Private Equity Investments Best S&P 500 Over Long-Term
WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to the most recent quarterly Performance Update Report from the Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC), over a 10-year horizon, returns from private equity…
2014 Private Equity Exit Volume Highest Level on Record
Investment Volume, Dry Powder, and Other Metrics Show Year-to-Year Growth
WASHINGTON – The Private Equity Growth Capital Council’s (PEGCC) Trends Report for the fourth quarter of 2014 was…
Legislative Priorities
The SEC’s Year of Enforcement
By: John Sikora Jr., Partner, Latham & Watkins, LLP
What Is a Private Equity Fund Manager to Make of the SEC’s Year in Enforcement?
In reviewing the results of SEC Enforcement’s fiscal…