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Private Equity Drives Investment In Range Of Industries In 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) released its 2015 Q4 Industry Investment Report, highlighting the activity of private equity funds in industries throughout…
FF Alts Feature: Fund Managers Face New Pressure to Specialize
*Originally appeared in FundFire
By Chris Larson
March 9, 2016
Private equity fund managers are splitting into two distinct groups – a cadre of huge firms that do everything in alternatives and a…
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP on Cybersecurity: Developing Incident Response Plans for Private Equity Firms
By: James J. Pastore and David Sarratt
Private equity firms, like all businesses, are racing to defend against increasing attempts by organized criminal enterprises, individual hackers and state…
Robust Activity Makes 2015 A Banner Year In Private Equity
WASHINGTON – The Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) released its 2015 Q4 trends report today, providing an overview of industry activity for the quarter, as well as throughout 2015. Of…
Dwyer Group CFE and Co-Chair: “Private Equity Can Help Your Business Thrive”
In a recent article in Franchising World, Dina Dwyer-Owens, CFE and co-chair of the Dwyer Group, describes the access to capital, growth opportunities, and strong results driven by her company’s…
News Coverage of PEGCC’s Top Ten Private Equity Trends for 2016, Powered by EY
The release last week of PEGCC’s Top 10 Private Equity Trends For 2016 garnered several news mentions, including Bloomberg, Private Wealth, and Think Advisor. The report forecasts private equity…
Mike Sommers Named President and CEO of Private Equity Growth Capital Council
WASHINGTON – The Private Equity Growth Capital Council’s (PEGCC) Executive Committee has named Mike Sommers the trade association’s new President and CEO. Sommers, 40, previously served as…
Regulatory Update: 2016 at a Glance
PEGCC engagement on regulatory matters has made a significant positive difference for our industry. Continuing a multi-year trend, 2016 brings with it a number of regulatory questions, uncertainties,…
PEGCC Performance Update Report Shows Private Equity Consistently Delivers Double-Digit Returns
WASHINGTON –The Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) has released its latest Performance Update Report. The report shows that private equity’s double-digit returns on a short, medium and…
U.S Private Equity And Venture Capital Outperformed Public Equities Over First Six Months Of 2015
A recent report by investment research firm Cambridge Associates shows private equity and venture capital outperformed the S&P 500, the Russell 2000® small cap, and the Nasdaq Composite indexes…
New Mexico Commits To Private Equity To Boost Local Start-Ups
In a recent posting, The Wall Street Journal’s Dawn Lim highlights the news of the New Mexico State Investment Council (SIC) establishing a $20 million allocation to funds that “help finance seed…
Key insights for PE from EY’s Capital Confidence Barometer
Nearly three-quarters of US executives said that they plan to pursue a deal sometime in the next year, according to our latest Capital Confidence Barometer, a biannual survey of more than 1,600…
Private Equity Growth Capital Council Releases Annual Pension Study, Powered by Bison
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust Fund Tops Yearly Study with 17.93 Percent Annualized 10-Year Private Equity Return
WASHINGTON – Today the Private Equity Growth Capital Council…
Case Study: Private Equity Helped Michigan Company Grow and Expand Operations
To learn more about the project and see what it means for Michigan, watch the new Private Equity Case Study video.
WASHINGTON – Today, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) released…
Private Equity Growth Capital Council Launches New Website
WASHINGTON – Today the Private Equity Growth Capital Council unveiled its newly designed website at pegcc.org, complete with an interactive state map that highlights the impact private equity has in…
Private Equity Sees Strong Investment in Q3 of 2015
WASHINGTON – Private equity investment increased by 15 percent to $154 billion in the third quarter of this year, according to the most recent Private Equity Growth Capital Council’s (PEGCC)…
CalPERS’ Cites Private Equity as Best Performer, Indispensable Part of Portfolio
CalPERS’ Chief Investment Officer Theodore Eliopoulos said on Monday that private equity is CalPERS’ best performing long-term asset class, offering proof in numbers. For the five years that…
The Hill: Carried interest is a capital gain
By James Maloney: In his Oct. 16 Congress Blog post for The Hill, “What the carried interest tax loophole reveals about our corrupt political system,” Morris Pearl builds an argument based on…