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By Sam Sutton With the private equity industry embroiled by the controversy surrounding the US presidential election, PEGCC chief Steve Judge sees an opportunity to educate the media and…

Private Equity Growth Capital Council President and CEO Steve Judge appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box and Bloomberg’s Money Moves today to discuss the private equity industry and the PEGCC’s…

In The Wall Street Journal’s Deal Journal blog, author David Benoit highlights The Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Sunoco Inc.’s Philadelphia refinery in an attempt to make the facility…

In an exclusive interview with Privcap’s David Snow, Steve Judge, President and CEO of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC), describes his organization’s efforts to bring in medium-…

By Richard Farley Richard Farley is a partner in the corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. His practice centers on representing some of the world’s…

In an opinion piece posted on The New York Times DealBook blog, Richard Farley, partner in the corporate practice of Paul Hastings, explores attacks on the private equity industry during this…

The Oregonian recently published an op-ed by Oregon’s treasurer, Ted Wheeler, and Oregon Investment Council Chairman Keith Larson, that highlights the importance of private equity investment for…

The primary investors in private equity are pension funds, university endowments and charitable foundations.  It is private equity’s outperformance of the S&P 500 over short and long time…

Judge: “The consistent private equity outperformance of public markets is essential for pension funds, university endowments and charitable foundations to achieve their investment…

How WhatCounts and Riverside Partnered For Growth Meet Dave Tiley and Allen Nance, two executives joined in an ambitious effort to build a company called WhatCounts into a dominant provider of…

By Michael Wursthorn The lobbying group for the private equity industry is intensifying the political fight in North Carolina. The Private Equity Growth Capital Council released a video last…

Four years after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the banking system is still not fully recovered, but private equity is helping to make it stronger. American Banker reported…

On April 30, 2012, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council filed comments on proposed regulations for the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA requires that…

With the arrival of summer, politicians across the political spectrum will spend a lot of time over the next few months messaging in preparation for the November elections. The fact that Mitt…

PEGCC’s “Private Equity at Work” campaign thrived during the second quarter, continuing to educate members of the media, policy makers and the public about the private equity industry and its…

The PEGCC would like to welcome our newest members – The Edgewater Funds and Vestar Capital Partners. The Edgewater Funds provides capital and experience to profitable growth businesses run by…

By Chris Frates As Democrats continue to slam Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital, the private equity industry is still hard at work trying to convince the country’s political and media elite…

 Judge: “In 2011, private equity firms pumped $144 billion into 1,702 companies, and Inmar is just one of many hugely successful stories.” Washington, D.C., June 12, 2012 – The presidential…

Based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Inmar is a national coupon and reverse logistics processing company. Every time a consumer goes to the cash register with a…