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PEGCC Releases Annual State and Congressional District Rankings for Private Equity Investment

New Analysis Finds Private Equity Invested $486 Billion in U.S. in 2014 Judge: “With investments in more than 3,100 U.S.-based businesses last year, private equity is helping companies…

The SEC’s Current Views on Private Equity

Key Takeaways of Marc Wyatt’s Recent Speech By: Jason E. Brown, Joel Wattenbarger, and Lindsay Rutishauser, Ropes & Gray As a follow up to last year’s “Spreading Sunshine in Private…

PE Hub: Private Equity and Pensions: A Strong Partnership

Private equity has been widely recognized as the best investment for public pension funds, helping to secure the retirements of millions of teachers, firefighters, police officers, and public…
Case Studies

Entrust: Investing in our Nation’s Cyber Security

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Entrust is a leading provider of identity-based security solutions. Private equity firm Thoma Bravo’s investment team helped…
Policy Articles

Form PF

The AIC urges the SEC to reform Form PF to reflect the fact that private equity investment advisers, funds and their portfolio companies pose no systemic risk. This will reduce unnecessary…

CFOs Day

Robert Hull, CFO of Providence Equity Partners, leads a panel on technology. The Council held its Chief Financial Officers…

The SEC’s Current Views on Private Equity

Key Takeaways of Marc Wyatt’s Recent Speech By: Jason E. Brown, Joel Wattenbarger, and Lindsay Rutishauser, Ropes & Gray As a follow up to last year’s “Spreading Sunshine in Private…

Report Shows Private Equity Best For Long-Term Investment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With recent news coverage focusing on the relationship between private equity firms and pension funds, the latest Performance Update Report from the Private Equity Growth Capital…

Bridging the Gap: Aligning the Responsible Investment Interests of Limited Partners and General Partners

By: Malcolm Preston, PwC, Global Sustainability Leader You can read the full report here. The growing need to demonstrate responsible investment practices is an important influence on business…
Carried Interest

First Quarter President’s Report

By: Steve Judge   The first quarter of 2015 saw an increase in partisanship and a focus on international issues, which made substantive legislation more difficult to achieve. We continue to…

Conflicts, Conflicts Everywhere: When “No Harm, No Foul” is Not a Defense

By: Amran Hussein, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP[1] Over the last several years, both the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) and the…

Private Equity Investment Volume Remains Strong in Q1 2015

WASHINGTON – Private equity investment volume remained strong in Q1 despite a seasonal slowdown in overall private equity activity, according to the Private Equity Growth Capital Council’s (PEGCC)…
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…