WASHINGTON – The U.S. private equity industry has amassed $353 billion of dry powder as of December 2017, according to the American Investment Council’s (AIC) 2018 Q2 Private Equity Trends Report, released today. This figure marks a 44 percent increase from the $245 billion of US-based callable capital reserves in December 2016. “Dry powder levels […]

National Public Radio’s (NPR) popular How I Built This podcast series highlights nearly a hundred entrepreneurs and business owners who have transformed an innovative idea into a successful business. Throughout this podcast series, many of the innovators and entrepreneurs talk with host Guy Raz about how private equity investment helped them grow their businesses, hire […]

On July 22nd, the Financial Times ran the following letter to the editor from Emily Schillinger of the American Investment Council. The letter responds to a previous FT article and outlines how private equity serves as the highest returning asset class for U.S. public pensions, net of fees. “Chris Flood, in “Two funds ‘wasted $5.5bn on […]