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CNN Money: Private Equity has best start since 07
According to new data from PitchBook, private equity is having its strongest year since 2007 in terms of sales and IPO’s due to an improving economy. The private equity business model emphasizes…
Strengthening Companies
WSJ Article Highlights How PE Creates Value
On Friday, The Wall Street Journal highlighted another example of private equity creating long term value for companies across America, profiling Annie’s Inc., which, with an injection of growth…
Private Equity Consistently Beats the S&P 500
Judge: “The value of private equity as an asset class is seen in its consistent outperformance of the S&P 500.”
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2012 – The Private Equity Growth Capital…
PEGCC Response to NYT Article on Alternative Investments
Julie Creswell’s Monday NYT piece lumps together the performance of a number of industries to make the case that “alternative investments” don’t deliver superior investment returns to public…
Strengthening Companies
The Motley Fool: Private Equity Is Good for America
In a recent op-ed published in The Motley Fool, PEGCC President & CEO, Steve Judge, highlights private equity’s contribution to the U.S. economy:
The recent attention given to the private…
PEGCC President Steve Judge in Motley Fool: PE is Good for America
Private Equity Is Good for America
Steve Judge, Special to The Motley Fool
The recent attention given to the private equity industry, due in large part to the upcoming November presidential…
Video: Private Equity Investment Helps the Delaware City Refinery
In a new video released today, Blackstone (BX) catalogues the positive impact of its portfolio company, PBF Energy Company LLC (“PBF”) investment in the, and approximately 2,000 indirect jobs at…
Rapid City Journal Columnist: Private equity firms often misunderstood
The Rapid City Journal published a column yesterday explaining private equity and its importance for public pension funds like the South Dakota Retirement System (SDRS), which invested ten percent of…
Rapid City Journal: ‘Private equity’ firms often misunderstood
In yesterday’s Rapid City Journal, columnist Rick Kahler said the following about private equity:
That is exactly what a private equity company does. It brings together substantial investors,…
Pensions
Bronwyn Bailey: Private Equity Buoys Pension Fund Returns
BY BRONWYN BAILEY
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System decision on March 19 to reduce its assumed rate of return by a quarter point — to 7.5% from 7.75% — has rippled across the…