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Paul Weiss on Sun Capital ERISA Case

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…
Pensions

Steve Judge: Why a Pension Case Will Not Change Private Equity Tax Law

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…
Pensions

Steve Judge on Bloomberg: “Private Equity is the Best Performing Asset Class for Pension Funds.”

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,”…
Pensions

PEGCC Releases Annual Pension Data

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…
Pensions

DealBook: Why a Pension Case Will Not Change Private Equity Tax Law

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…
Pensions

PEGCC President & CEO on Bloomberg TV to Discuss New Public Pension Fund Analysis & Rankings

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

New PEGCC Report Ranks Top 10 Pension Funds by Private Equity Returns and Allocations

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.,…
Pensions

Massachusetts Pension Fund Stands Out for Private Equity

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,…

PEGCC Launches Private Equity Trends Report; Finds Activity Rebounded in Q2

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…
Legislative Priorities

Ropes & Gray LLP: Disqualification of “Bad Actors” from Regulation D Offerings

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…

Portfolio Company Outreach Update

In August, the Council facilitated Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) facility tour of Camber Corporation in Centerville, Virginia. On the tour, Sen. Kaine learned about the relationship between Camber…

PEGCC Annual Meeting Slideshow

[slideshow gallery_id=”1″] The PEGCC held its Annual Meeting last week, and it was a great success with attendance nearly doubling from last year. The Annual Meeting and Member Dinner is an…

Reuters: House Republicans question SEC oversight of private equity funds

By Sarah N. Lynch Two key Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are questioning whether federal securities regulators are spending too much of their time conducting compliance…

Private Equity Manager: Fortune’s tax boogeyman

It’s misleading to label an IRS investigation into inter-company lending as a private equity problem. Fortune recently caused quite a stir amongst private equity folk when it ran a piece headlined…

PEGCC ERISA brief featured in Pensions & Investments

Private equity group backs Sun Capital Partners over pension liability By Hazel Bradford Sun Capital Partners gained support in its legal battle over potential pension liabilities from the…

PEGCC Launches Private Equity Trends Report; Finds Activity Rebounded in Q2

Bailey: “The trends in Q2 provide optimism for private equity’s investors and fund managers alike.” WASHINGTON, DC – The Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) released its first quarterly…
Research

CFO Magazine: How Private Equity is Driving Value

A recent article in CFO Magazine reports on a new EY study showing that “strategic and operational improvements” account for more than half of private equity returns. A strong focus on operations…

CFO Magazine: How Private Equity is Driving Value

By Vincent Ryan A new study from Ernst & Young shows that in recent years private-equity-owned firms have outperformed their publicly held peers with the returns they generated for investors…