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WASHINGTON – Private equity returns once again outperformed public markets over the long term, net of fees, according to the latest quarterly Performance Update from the American Investment Council…

  WASHINGTON – The American Investment Council (AIC) has named Drew Maloney as the association’s new president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Maloney joins the AIC from the…

There are over 4,700 private equity firms all over America, owning and building approximately over 30,000 private companies. Recently, the Wrench Group…

Firefighters, school teachers, police officers and other public employees shouldn’t have to worry about their long-term retirement security. Happily, a new study shows that pension fund investment…

By Dennis Lamont, Partner and Howard Sobel, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP Debt financing documents typically contain a change of control feature that triggers an event of default, or requires a…

By Jon Chesto The Massachusetts state pension fund is tops in its field when it comes to picking winners in the difficult world of private equity investments. The American Investment Council, a…

WASHINGTON – Today, the American Investment Council (AIC) released its 2018 Public Pension Study, which analyzes investment returns by 163 U.S. public pension funds and highlights how private…

By Jeffrey Kollin, U.S. Advisory Lead Principal, Private Equity, KPMG in the U.S. If you haven’t taken the bold steps towards digital transformation within your business, you may be working with…

WASHINGTON – US private equity investment volume increased to $57 billion in the first quarter of 2018, a staggering 159 percent increase from the first quarter of 2017, according to the American…

The AIC is the voice for private equity in the United States, but we also work to ensure U.S. private equity firms and the funds they manage receive fair treatment in other countries. We agree with…