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How I Built This… with help from Private Equity Investment (Part 2)
National Public Radio’s (NPR) popular How I Built This podcast series highlights nearly a hundred entrepreneurs and business owners who have transformed an innovative idea into a successful…
Private Equity Holds Record Levels of Dry Powder
WASHINGTON – The U.S. private equity industry has amassed $353 billion of dry powder as of December 2017, according to the American Investment Council’s (AIC) 2018 Q2 Private Equity Trends…
Volcker Rule Reform: What It Means for Private Funds (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP)
On July 17, 2018, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and…
How I Built This… with help from Private Equity Investment
National Public Radio’s (NPR) popular How I Built This podcast series highlights nearly a hundred entrepreneurs and business owners who have transformed an innovative idea into a successful…
ICYMI: AIC Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times
On July 22nd, the Financial Times ran the following letter to the editor from Emily Schillinger of the American Investment Council. The letter responds to a previous FT article…
New AIC Report Highlights Private Equity Investment Across the Country
WASHINGTON – The American Investment Council’s 2018 Top States and Districts Report shows the diverse…
Private Equity Across America: Philadelphia
The private equity industry employs millions of Americans and provides a secure retirement for schoolteachers, police officers, and other pension holders. The American Investment Council is now…
Private Equity Investments Outperform Markets Over the Long Term
WASHINGTON – Private equity returns once again outperformed public markets over the long term, net of fees, according to the latest quarterly Performance Update from the American Investment Council…
The American Investment Council Announces Drew Maloney as President and CEO
WASHINGTON – The American Investment Council (AIC) has named Drew Maloney as the association’s new president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Maloney joins the AIC from the…
Investment Impact: Wrench Group CEO Explains How Private Equity Investment Creates Jobs, Strengthens Businesses
There are over 4,700 private equity firms all over America, owning and building approximately over 30,000 private companies. Recently, the Wrench Group…
Debt Portability Can Deliver a Better Exit (Latham & Watkins LLP)
By Dennis Lamont, Partner and Howard Sobel, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Debt financing documents typically contain a change of control feature that triggers an event of default, or requires a…
2018 AIC Public Pension Study: Private Equity Delivers Highest Returns for Public Pension Funds
WASHINGTON – Today, the American Investment Council (AIC) released its 2018 Public Pension Study, which analyzes investment returns by 163 U.S. public pension funds and highlights how private…
The Digital Transformation Imperative (KPMG)
By Jeffrey Kollin, U.S. Advisory Lead Principal, Private Equity, KPMG in the U.S.
If you haven’t taken the bold steps towards digital transformation within your business, you may be working with…
Private Equity Investment Volume Doubles from 2017
WASHINGTON – US private equity investment volume increased to $57 billion in the first quarter of 2018, a staggering 159 percent increase from the first quarter of 2017, according to the American…
New Mountain Capital’s Steve Klinsky Elected Chairman of the American Investment Council
WASHINGTON – The American Investment Council (AIC) announced today the election of Steve Klinsky as Chairman of the AIC’s Board of Directors. Since 1999, Klinsky has been Founder and Chief…
Private Equity Across America: Louisville
The private equity industry employs millions of Americans and provides a secure retirement for schoolteachers, police officers, and other pension holders. In the months ahead, the American…
Mehlman Expresses Appreciation for Sommers’ Strong Leadership at the AIC
Washington, D.C. – Today, American Investment Council (AIC) board member Ken Mehlman released the following statement of appreciation for Mike Sommers’ service as AIC President and CEO. Sommers…
BDC Leverage Caps to Increase, Creating Potential Opportunity for Credit and Private Equity Managers (Kirkland & Ellis LLP)
The views reflected in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the American Investment Council.
By Aaron Schlaphoff (Partner), Scott A. Moehrke,…
What is Private Equity?
The following videos will provide you with more information about the private equity industry and how it invests in people and communities across America. Click below to watch some quick explainers…
ICYMI: Yale University’s Annual Endowment Report Strengthens Support for Private Equity
Yale Endowment Update 2017: “The alternatives of absolute return, private equity, venture capital, natural resources, and real estate provide not only diversification benefits, but also abundant…