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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…

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…

[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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…