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Carlyle sells Diversified Machine to Platinum Equity after growing revenue 4.5x & quadrupling workforce
Carlyle Sells Diversified Machine to Platinum Equity
By Michael J. De La Merced
New York Times – DealBook
December 16, 2011
The Carlyle Group announced on Friday that it had sold Diversified…
PEGCC CEO Steve Judge Responds to Krugman Column in NY Times with Letter to the Editor
Private Equity Buyouts
To the Editor:
Paul Krugman’s Dec. 9 column, “All the G.O.P.’s Gekkos,” casts private equity firms as job destroyers, but we believe that the research tells a…
American Banker: Regulators Need to Give PE a Chance to Help Community Banks Thrive
Regulators Need to Give PE a Chance to Help Community Banks Thrive
By Barbara A. Rehm
American Banker
December 14, 2011
Community banks are fighting the wrong battle in Washington.
The…
Comment Letters
PEGCC Comments to the Financial Stability Oversight Council on the “Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies”
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Re: Financial Stability Oversight Council (the “FSOC”) Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain…
Why Gingrich is wrong about Bain Capital, corporate takeovers, and private equity
Analysis from Professor Stephen Bainbridge regarding Newt Gingrich’s statements regarding Bain Capital, corporate takeovers, and private equity.
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NRO: Paul Krugman on Private Equity Transactions
Paul Krugman on Private Equity Transactions
By Reihan Salam
National Review Online
December 9, 2011 11:56am
A close friend kindly pointed me to an eye-catching juxtaposition in Paul Krugman’s…
PEI: “Chances of Carry Tax Hike Still Loom”
Partisan gridlock has prevented a so-called ‘Super Committee’ of US lawmakers from agreeing a deficit reduction plan, preserving carried interest under capital gains tax in the short term.
US…
Carried Interest
Carried Interest Update: No Super Committee Deal
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (a.k.a., “the Super Committee”) announced today that after months of negotiations it was unable to reach a deal to cut the national deficit by at…
Carried Interest
Update: Carried Interest, Deficit Reduction and the Super Committee
With just one week until the November 23 deadline for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (a.k.a. the Super Committee), we want to keep you informed of late breaking developments. Any…