News
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…
Membership Update
The PEGCC would like to welcome our newest members – The Edgewater Funds and Vestar Capital Partners.
The Edgewater Funds provides capital and experience to profitable growth businesses run by…