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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…
Why Airlines Are Flying High
This piece was originally published in the Wall Street Journal on February 4, 2015.
By Rick Schifter
Over the past two weeks, one U.S. airline after another has reported record earnings for 2014….
Q2 2014 Performance Update: Private Equity Continues to Outperform S&P 500 Over Long-Term
WASHINGTON – Private equity returns continued to outperform the S&P 500 over the long term, according to the most recent quarterly Performance Update Report from the Private Equity Growth…
From Cottage Industry to Financial Leaders
In a recent Preqin Global Report, PEGCC CEO and President Steve Judge and VP of Research Bronwyn Bailey discuss the growth of the private equity industry. Click here to read more.
Private Equity Investment in Gardner Denver Goes Beyond Operations; Protects Community
To learn more about this project and what it means to the community of Quincy, IL, watch the PE at Work video case study.
WASHINGTON – The PEGCC’s latest video case study highlights KKR-backed…
PEGCC Files Two Regulatory Comment Letters
The PEGCC regularly provides the private equity industry viewpoint on issues to regulators and policymakers in the United States and around the world. As our industry faces increased regulatory…
Portfolio Company Initiative
Camelot Education, a portfolio company of the PEGCC member firm The Riverside Company, has partnered with Chicago Public Schools and the City of Chicago for the past three years to identify and…
PEGCC Welcomes Our Newest Members
The PEGCC welcomes our newest Member firm, GI Partners, and our new Associate Members, Goodwin Procter, O’Melveny & Myers, and PwC.
Founded in 2011, GI Partners is a leading middle market…
A One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Valuation May Not Be Optimal
By Frank Fumai, Deloitte & Touche LLP
As 2015 starts and private equity fund managers begin the process of closing the books on 2014, it is a good time to consider how best to establish…
Comment Letters
PEGCC Comment Letter to ESMA on the AIFMD Passport
Response submitted online at: www.esma.europa.eu
Response to Call for Evidence – AIFMD Passport and Third Country AIFMs
Doc. 7 November 2014 | ESMA/2014/1340
Dear Sir / Madam:
The Private Equity…
New Office
The PEGCC has moved! Our new office features a clean and modern look with a large boardroom, meeting rooms, common-area work space, and space for future growth. The move concludes a planning and…
Private Equity Investment in Gardner Denver Goes Beyond Operations; Protects Community
To learn more about this project and what it means to the community of Quincy, IL, watch the PE at Work video case study.
WASHINGTON – The PEGCC’s latest video case study highlights KKR-backed…