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Private Equity Performance Continues to Outpace Public Market Returns
Bailey: “Investors saw big swings in public markets over the past five years, with the S&P 500 losing more than half of its value and then doubling again. Despite these large gains, private…
New Pepperdine Study: Private Equity Investments Grow Revenue and Employment
Businesses Backed by Private Equity and Venture Capital Funding Have Significantly Stronger Sales and Job Growth
Media contacts: T.J. Becker at (269)445-4257 or tjbecker@lowe.org Douglass…
PE Index: Private Equity Activity Falls in Q3, but Remains Above 2008-09 Levels
Bailey: “Private equity investment topped $59 billion for the quarter- showing consistent pace of investment and the industry’s place as a driving force for economic activity.”
The Private…
PEGCC Releases Q3 Private Equity Index
Bailey: “Private equity investment topped $59 billion for the quarter- showing consistent pace of investment and the industry’s place as a driving force for economic activity.”
The Private…
Legislative Priorities
On Private Equity Taxation, Consider Side Effects
By David Robinson
Herald-Sun guest columnist
DURHAM – As we reach the last few days of the presidential election and the debates between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney reach a…
New Research Shows Pension Investment in Private Equity Outperforms All Other Asset Classes
PEGCC’s Bailey: “Even the lower tier of private equity… outperforms public equity’s top tier.”
Amid ongoing discussion of the value of private equity to the U.S. economy, new research…
Case Studies
vRide: Environmentally Sound Solutions
vRide is a ride sharing platform offering commuters an economical and environmentally friendly way to get to and from work each day. With an investment from the private equity firm TPG Capital, vRide…
Investing in Economical and Environmentally Sound Solutions
Michigan-based vRide is a ride sharing platform offering commuters an economical and environmentally friendly way to get to and from work each day. They’ve issued a nation-wide challenge to take…
Private Equity and vRide Partner to Help Commuters Save Time, Money and the Environment
Judge: “TPG’s investment in vRide exemplifies the societal benefits of pairing capital and expertise with entrepreneurs, innovators and fresh ideas.”
Michigan-based vRide is a ride sharing…
New Report: Private Equity continues to outperform S&P 500 over long term horizons
Judge: “The benefits of private equity returns to the pensions, charitable foundations and university endowments are clear. No other asset class provides the consistently superior returns of…
CommVault CEO: Private Equity is About Growth
In a blog post for Forbes, President and CEO of CommVault, N. Robert Hammer, replies to critics who criticize private equity for political gain. Having run companies funded by private equity, Hammer…
KKR Stretches Its Dollar to Boost Industry’s Rep
ByMichael Wursthorn
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.’s ownership of the discount retailer Dollar General Corp. has found another use besides being a buyout success for the firm.
The…
Case Studies
Dollar General: Reenergizing a National Retailer
Headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, Dollar General is a national retailer that has been revived by private equity. The company’s growth and…
Private Equity Investment Grows Dollar General into one of the Nation’s Largest, Most Successful Retailers
Judge: “Dollar General is one of many examples of household names reenergized by private equity.”
Often left out of the conversation surrounding the presidential election, private equity is…
Private Equity Reenergizes a National Retailer
Headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, Dollar General is a national retailer that has been revived by private equity. The company’s growth and profitability had slowed and in 2007, the…
Legislative Priorities
New Academic Analysis Finds Double Taxation on Partnership Businesses Reverses Trend Toward Tax Neutrality
Postlewaite: “The logic for the [tax increase] proposal is undercut by the evolution of the tax law over the last 30 years, which has embraced single-level taxation as the standard for business tax…
Pensions
WSJ: PE’s Ongoing PR War Sees Lobby Group Push Public Pension Data
By Michael Wursthorn
As politicians and pundits continue to hammer the private equity industry during this election, the industry’s lobby group has culled public data from pension plans across…
The $214 Billion Map: PEGCC Report Breaks Down Pension Fund Investment by State, Ranks Top Funds by Returns and Allocation
Judge: “This data, coupled with the new interactive map, further demonstrates who benefits most from successful private equity investments – the teachers, policemen, firefighters and other…
Tax Policy
Tax Notes: “Raising Revenue Through Misguided Classification Reform”
Passthrough Proposal Would Reverse 30 Years of Tax Law
Tax law expert, Professor Philip Postlewaite of Northwestern University, argues that recent proposals to tax passthrough businesses as…
Capitol Hill Update
The presidential election continues to bring unprecedented attention to private equity. Never has it been more important for private equity to explain to policy makers in Washington what private…