News
Private Equity Backing Can Boost Firms’ Performance
From Business Finance: “Venture Capital and Private Equity Backing Can Boost Firms’ Performance”
by Karen M. Kroll
Small- and mid-size businesses that receive financing from venture capital or…
Pepperdine University Study: Private equity-backed small and mid-sized businesses grow revenues and employees quicker
Business Finance magazine recently reported on a new study out of Pepperdine University showing that small and mid-sized companies backed by private equity vastly outperform non-backed companies in…
Private Equity Performance Continues to Outpace Public Market Returns
Bailey: “Investors saw big swings in public markets over the past five years, with the S&P 500 losing more than half of its value and then doubling again. Despite these large gains, private…
New Pepperdine Study: Private Equity Investments Grow Revenue and Employment
Businesses Backed by Private Equity and Venture Capital Funding Have Significantly Stronger Sales and Job Growth
Media contacts: T.J. Becker at (269)445-4257 or tjbecker@lowe.org Douglass…
Research
Do Private Equity Funds Earn Their Fees?
It’s widely known that private equity (PE) managers charge fees to limited partner investors (LPs) in their funds. These fees have historically been “2 and 20”: a 2 percent management fee on…
PE Index: Private Equity Activity Falls in Q3, but Remains Above 2008-09 Levels
Bailey: “Private equity investment topped $59 billion for the quarter- showing consistent pace of investment and the industry’s place as a driving force for economic activity.”
The Private…
PEGCC Releases Q3 Private Equity Index
Bailey: “Private equity investment topped $59 billion for the quarter- showing consistent pace of investment and the industry’s place as a driving force for economic activity.”
The Private…
Growth Equity: Preferred Source of Financing
Private equity and growth capital investment is about making companies stronger, but firms can accomplish that in many ways. Writing for PE Hub, Matt Stewart examined the benefits of growth capital…
Legislative Priorities
On Private Equity Taxation, Consider Side Effects
By David Robinson
Herald-Sun guest columnist
DURHAM – As we reach the last few days of the presidential election and the debates between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney reach a…
New Research Shows Pension Investment in Private Equity Outperforms All Other Asset Classes
PEGCC’s Bailey: “Even the lower tier of private equity… outperforms public equity’s top tier.”
Amid ongoing discussion of the value of private equity to the U.S. economy, new research…