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The Private Equity Growth Capital Council announced on December 19 that Ken Mehlman has been elected Chairman of the Council’s Board of Directors. Mr. Mehlman serves as a Member and Global Head of…

By William Alden PHILADELPHIA — The grizzled labor leaders in the audience had scarcely seen anything like it. A top private equity executive, David M. Marchick, leaned in and planted a…

By Jane M. Von Bergen Nothing unusual about the banquet menu lined up for Saturday evening’s steelworkers union awards dinner – boneless breast of chicken, linguine Alfredo for the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Steve Judge, President and CEO of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council made the following statement upon passage of H.R. 1105, The Small Business Capital Access and…

By MATT KIERNAN WILTON – Congressman Jim Himes visited Sun Products’ corporate offices in Wilton, a provider of household care items, on Monday to meet with company executives and address…

In a Sunday piece, the Des Moines Register told the story of a struggling Osceola, Iowa-based steel plant, forced to cut jobs and barely keeping the lights on after falling on hard times. Thankfully,…

Judge: “Private equity continues to be a vital source of investment capital for American businesses and a much-needed shot in the arm for the U.S. economy.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Private equity…

The PEGCC recently released its latest quarterly performance update which shows private equity returns (net of fees) outperformed the S&P 500 (including dividends) for 3-year, 5-year and 10-year…

Judge: “This report highlights the superior returns that attract limited partners to the private equity and growth capital asset class.” Washington, D.C. – The Private Equity Growth Capital…

By Lewis R. Clayton, Robert C. Fleder and Udi Grofman Private equity funds are considering the impact of the widely-discussed Sun Capital ruling, which increases the risk that funds will be…

In a recent column featured of the New York Times DealBook blog, PEGCC President and CEO Steve Judge provides refutes columnist Steven M. Davidoff’s flawed argument that the Sun Capital ERISA case…

On October 23rd, Private Equity Growth Capital Council CEO Steve Judge appeared on Bloomberg’s Money Moves to discuss the PEGCC’s recently released pension report. “These are great results,”…

Private equity returns to large public pension funds continue to outperform all other asset classes over 10-year time horizons, according to new PEGCC data. The study examines 146 U.S. public…

by Steve Judge Steve Judge is president and chief executive of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council. In a recent Deal Professor column, Steven M. Davidoff writes that a recent pension case…

Private Equity Growth Capital Council CEO Steve Judge discusses investing in private equity with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg)  

Judge: “Time and again private equity has proven that it’s the single best asset class for public pensions, by delivering superior returns over long time horizons.” Washington, D.C.,…

Annualized Returns Were 15.4% Over the Last 10 Years By Ryan Dezember The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust has the best performing private-equity investment portfolio in the land,…

On August 8, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council released its first quarterly Private Equity Trends Report. The analysis highlights the key components affecting the private equity industry’s…

By Jason Brown Ropes & Gray LLP Effective September 23, 2013, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation D to disqualify securities offerings involving “bad actors” from reliance on the…