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Oregon and North American endowments highlight benefits of private equity
The Oregonian recently published an op-ed by Oregon’s treasurer, Ted Wheeler, and Oregon Investment Council Chairman Keith Larson, that highlights the importance of private equity investment for…
Why do pensions, university endowments and charitable foundations invest in private equity?
The primary investors in private equity are pension funds, university endowments and charitable foundations. It is private equity’s outperformance of the S&P 500 over short and long time…
Report: Private Equity Consistently Beats the S&P 500
Judge: “The consistent private equity outperformance of public markets is essential for pension funds, university endowments and charitable foundations to achieve their investment…
New Privcap Video Case Study In Value Creation
How WhatCounts and Riverside Partnered For Growth
Meet Dave Tiley and Allen Nance, two executives joined in an ambitious effort to build a company called WhatCounts into a dominant provider of…
WSJ PE Beat: PE Image Fight Lands in Democratic Convention State
By Michael Wursthorn
The lobbying group for the private equity industry is intensifying the political fight in North Carolina.
The Private Equity Growth Capital Council released a video last…
PE Helps North Carolina Banks
Four years after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the banking system is still not fully recovered, but private equity is helping to make it stronger. American Banker reported…
Regulatory Priorities
PEGCC Files Comment Letter on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
On April 30, 2012, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council filed comments on proposed regulations for the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA requires that…
Capitol Hill Update
With the arrival of summer, politicians across the political spectrum will spend a lot of time over the next few months messaging in preparation for the November elections.
The fact that Mitt…
Private Equity at Work Campaign Continues to Set the Record Straight
PEGCC’s “Private Equity at Work” campaign thrived during the second quarter, continuing to educate members of the media, policy makers and the public about the private equity industry and its…
Membership Update
The PEGCC would like to welcome our newest members – The Edgewater Funds and Vestar Capital Partners.
The Edgewater Funds provides capital and experience to profitable growth businesses run by…
Investing in Innovation
Check out PE at Work’s latest video case study. It tells the story of Inmar, an innovative company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that provides the technology that allows manufacturers and…
National Journal: New Private Equity Video Contiues Education Campaign
By Chris Frates
As Democrats continue to slam Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital, the private equity industry is still hard at work trying to convince the country’s political and media elite…
New “Private Equity at Work” Video Highlights the Strategic Partnership Between PE and Coupon Processor, Inmar
Judge: “In 2011, private equity firms pumped $144 billion into 1,702 companies, and Inmar is just one of many hugely successful stories.”
Washington, D.C., June 12, 2012 – The presidential…
Case Studies
Inmar: Investing in Innovation
Based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Inmar is a national coupon and reverse logistics processing company. Every time a consumer goes to the cash register with a…
PEGCC President & CEO in Washington Post Q&A
PEGCC’s Private Equity at Work campaign was featured in The Washington Post article, “Romney’s run motivates group to defend private equity’s image,” by Danielle Douglas:
Since February, the…
Former President Bill Clinton says that private equity investment is, good work.
Former President Bill Clinton appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, guest hosted by Harvey Weinstein, to provide his take on the presidential election. When Clinton was asked about the recent…
Updated: Former President Bill Clinton and Whip Steny Hoyer tout private equity investment.
Former President Bill Clinton appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, guest hosted by Harvey Weinstein, to provide his take on the presidential election. When Clinton was asked about the recent…
Strengthening Companies
Jack and Suzy Welch come to the defense of private equity
In a recent column posted to Reuters.com, Jack and Suzy Welch weigh in on political rhetoric about private equity coming out of the presidential election and provide a great explanation of how…
Steve Judge Appears on Fox News To Defend PE
Today, Special Report with Bret Baier did a segment on how private equity has been mischaracterized in the lead up to the presidential election. Steve Judge, President and CEO of the Private Equity…