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by Steve Judge Steve Judge is president and chief executive of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council. In a recent Deal Professor column, Steven M. Davidoff writes that a recent pension case…

Private Equity Growth Capital Council CEO Steve Judge discusses investing in private equity with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg)  

Judge: “Time and again private equity has proven that it’s the single best asset class for public pensions, by delivering superior returns over long time horizons.” Washington, D.C.,…

Annualized Returns Were 15.4% Over the Last 10 Years By Ryan Dezember The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust has the best performing private-equity investment portfolio in the land,…

On August 8, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council released its first quarterly Private Equity Trends Report. The analysis highlights the key components affecting the private equity industry’s…

By Jason Brown Ropes & Gray LLP Effective September 23, 2013, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation D to disqualify securities offerings involving “bad actors” from reliance on the…

In August, the Council facilitated Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) facility tour of Camber Corporation in Centerville, Virginia. On the tour, Sen. Kaine learned about the relationship between Camber…

[slideshow gallery_id=”1″] The PEGCC held its Annual Meeting last week, and it was a great success with attendance nearly doubling from last year. The Annual Meeting and Member Dinner is an…

By Sarah N. Lynch Two key Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are questioning whether federal securities regulators are spending too much of their time conducting compliance…

It’s misleading to label an IRS investigation into inter-company lending as a private equity problem. Fortune recently caused quite a stir amongst private equity folk when it ran a piece headlined…

Private equity group backs Sun Capital Partners over pension liability By Hazel Bradford Sun Capital Partners gained support in its legal battle over potential pension liabilities from the…

Bailey: “The trends in Q2 provide optimism for private equity’s investors and fund managers alike.” WASHINGTON, DC – The Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) released its first quarterly…

A recent article in CFO Magazine reports on a new EY study showing that “strategic and operational improvements” account for more than half of private equity returns. A strong focus on operations…

By Vincent Ryan A new study from Ernst & Young shows that in recent years private-equity-owned firms have outperformed their publicly held peers with the returns they generated for investors…

Tax Reform Over the past few months, serious debates about comprehensive tax reform are intensifying within the tax writing committees. The fact that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus (D-MT)…

By Bronwyn Bailey, Ph.D. Vice President, Research, Private Equity Growth Capital Council In the wake of the financial crisis, American pensions face an unprecedented challenge. Pension funds are…

As mandated by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted amendments to Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 that…

Private equity firms invested $347 billion in more than 2,000 U.S.-based companies last year, according to the third annual “Private Equity: Top States and Districts” analysis released today by…