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Legislative Priorities
New Academic Analysis Finds Double Taxation on Partnership Businesses Reverses Trend Toward Tax Neutrality
Postlewaite: “The logic for the [tax increase] proposal is undercut by the evolution of the tax law over the last 30 years, which has embraced single-level taxation as the standard for business tax…
Pensions
WSJ: PE’s Ongoing PR War Sees Lobby Group Push Public Pension Data
By Michael Wursthorn
As politicians and pundits continue to hammer the private equity industry during this election, the industry’s lobby group has culled public data from pension plans across…
The $214 Billion Map: PEGCC Report Breaks Down Pension Fund Investment by State, Ranks Top Funds by Returns and Allocation
Judge: “This data, coupled with the new interactive map, further demonstrates who benefits most from successful private equity investments – the teachers, policemen, firefighters and other…
Tax Policy
Tax Notes: “Raising Revenue Through Misguided Classification Reform”
Passthrough Proposal Would Reverse 30 Years of Tax Law
Tax law expert, Professor Philip Postlewaite of Northwestern University, argues that recent proposals to tax passthrough businesses as…
Capitol Hill Update
The presidential election continues to bring unprecedented attention to private equity. Never has it been more important for private equity to explain to policy makers in Washington what private…
Who Benefits From Private Equity?
It is the investors—the pensioners in a public or private pension fund, or the foundation that relies on high returns to continue operations. It is the companies that are made stronger, more…
Cleveland Plain Dealer Highlights Local Private Equity Impact
In an op-ed published in The Cleveland Plain Dealer this weekend, David Mook, “head geek” of Ohio-based TMW Systems Inc. writes about his experience working for the company after it was purchased…
The Cleveland Plain Dealer: A Personal Story About Private Equity
By David Mook, head geek of Beachwood-based TMW Systems Inc.
Watching from ground zero of presidential politicking, I, like most other Ohioans, can’t escape the torrent of campaign ads…
Legislative Priorities
PEGCC President & CEO in PEI on the Challenges of Explaining Private Equity to US Policymakers
Private Equity International
On the Record: Steve Judge of the PEGCC
Steve Judge, president of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council, on the challenges of explaining private equity to US…
PE returns exceeds public markets for five-, and 10-year periods
On Tuesday, new data from Cambridge Associates confirmed that private equity is an invaluable source of returns for investors such as pensions funds, charitable organizations and university…