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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…
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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”

SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY 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. Read the full article.

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…