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CFOs Day
Robert Hull, CFO of Providence Equity Partners, leads a panel on technology.
The Council held its Chief Financial Officers…
The SEC’s Current Views on Private Equity
Key Takeaways of Marc Wyatt’s Recent Speech
By: Jason E. Brown, Joel Wattenbarger, and Lindsay Rutishauser, Ropes & Gray
As a follow up to last year’s “Spreading Sunshine in Private…
Report Shows Private Equity Best For Long-Term Investment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With recent news coverage focusing on the relationship between private equity firms and pension funds, the latest Performance Update Report from the Private Equity Growth Capital…
Bridging the Gap: Aligning the Responsible Investment Interests of Limited Partners and General Partners
By: Malcolm Preston, PwC, Global Sustainability Leader
You can read the full report here.
The growing need to demonstrate responsible investment practices is an important influence on business…
Carried Interest
First Quarter President’s Report
By: Steve Judge
The first quarter of 2015 saw an increase in partisanship and a focus on international issues, which made substantive legislation more difficult to achieve. We continue to…
Conflicts, Conflicts Everywhere: When “No Harm, No Foul” is Not a Defense
By: Amran Hussein, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP[1]
Over the last several years, both the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) and the…
Private Equity Investment Volume Remains Strong in Q1 2015
WASHINGTON – Private equity investment volume remained strong in Q1 despite a seasonal slowdown in overall private equity activity, according to the Private Equity Growth Capital Council’s (PEGCC)…