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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…
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…
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PEGCC Top Ten Private Equity Trends for 2016, Powered by EY
Report Covers Investments, Regulation, GP/LP Relations, and Portfolio Companies
WASHINGTON – The Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) released their Top 10 Private Equity Trends for…
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…
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…
Fiduciary Proposal Would Bar Certain Retirement Plans from Investing in Private Equity Funds
By Robert J. Raymond, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
The Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) proposed rules expanding the circumstances where a person is considered a “fiduciary” for…
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…
Veterans Initiative Summit
Leadership from Blackstone, Carlyle, KKR and TPG with First Lady Michelle Obama at the inaugural Veterans Initiative…
PEGCC 2015 Annual Meeting and Member Dinner
The PEGCC had a successful 2015 Annual Meeting and Member Dinner in Washington, D.C. at the end of September. Attendees were thrilled to return to The Hay-Adams for the Member Dinner, where they…