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Riverside COO Explains the Role of Private Equity

On Monday, Riverside Company Chief Operating Officer Pam Hendrickson penned an op-ed for CNBC.com clarifying the role of private equity in helping small businesses access capital – a function which…

Private Equity Investment Helps Establish International Transmission Company (ITC)

Judge: “By injecting capital and providing operational expertise, KKR was instrumental in helping ITC build a stronger company better able to provide affordable and reliable energy to its…
Case Studies

ITC: A Critical Investment in America’s Power Grid

“International Transmission Company is the first truly stand-alone, independent transmission company in the United States of America, and has accomplished this…

Ontario Teachers Retirement System President and CEO highlights benefits of private equity on CNBC

In a recent interview on CNBC, James Leech, President and CEO of the $117 billion Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan says, “that there is a lot of confusion about private equity and its role in the…

Private Equity International: Opportunity Amid Chaos

By Sam Sutton With the private equity industry embroiled by the controversy surrounding the US presidential election, PEGCC chief Steve Judge sees an opportunity to educate the media and…

Updated: PEGCC President & CEO on CNBC and Bloomberg

Private Equity Growth Capital Council President and CEO Steve Judge appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box and Bloomberg’s Money Moves today to discuss the private equity industry and the PEGCC’s…

Union Leaders Applaud Private Equity Deal

In The Wall Street Journal’s Deal Journal blog, author David Benoit highlights The Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Sunoco Inc.’s Philadelphia refinery in an attempt to make the facility…

PEGCC President & CEO in New Privcap Video

In an exclusive interview with Privcap’s David Snow, Steve Judge, President and CEO of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC), describes his organization’s efforts to bring in medium-…

NY Times DealBook: In Tough Times, Private Equity Saves Jobs

By Richard Farley Richard Farley is a partner in the corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. His practice centers on representing some of the world’s…

DealBook Opinion Piece: In Tough Times, Private Equity Saves Jobs

In an opinion piece posted on The New York Times DealBook blog, Richard Farley, partner in the corporate practice of Paul Hastings, explores attacks on the private equity industry during this…

Oregon and North American endowments highlight benefits of private equity

The Oregonian recently published an op-ed by Oregon’s treasurer, Ted Wheeler, and Oregon Investment Council Chairman Keith Larson, that highlights the importance of private equity investment for…

Why do pensions, university endowments and charitable foundations invest in private equity?

The primary investors in private equity are pension funds, university endowments and charitable foundations.  It is private equity’s outperformance of the S&P 500 over short and long time…

Report: Private Equity Consistently Beats the S&P 500

Judge: “The consistent private equity outperformance of public markets is essential for pension funds, university endowments and charitable foundations to achieve their investment…

New Privcap Video Case Study In Value Creation

How WhatCounts and Riverside Partnered For Growth Meet Dave Tiley and Allen Nance, two executives joined in an ambitious effort to build a company called WhatCounts into a dominant provider of…

WSJ PE Beat: PE Image Fight Lands in Democratic Convention State

By Michael Wursthorn The lobbying group for the private equity industry is intensifying the political fight in North Carolina. The Private Equity Growth Capital Council released a video last…

PE Helps North Carolina Banks

Four years after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the banking system is still not fully recovered, but private equity is helping to make it stronger. American Banker reported…
Regulatory Priorities

PEGCC Files Comment Letter on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

On April 30, 2012, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council filed comments on proposed regulations for the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA requires that…

Capitol Hill Update

With the arrival of summer, politicians across the political spectrum will spend a lot of time over the next few months messaging in preparation for the November elections. The fact that Mitt…

Private Equity at Work Campaign Continues to Set the Record Straight

PEGCC’s “Private Equity at Work” campaign thrived during the second quarter, continuing to educate members of the media, policy makers and the public about the private equity industry and its…