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Bronwyn Bailey Joins the Private Equity Growth Capital Council as Head Researcher
Washington, D.C., October 3, 2011 – The Private Equity Growth Capital Council announced today that Bronwyn Dylla Bailey, Ph.D. has joined the organization as Vice President of Research. Bailey…
PEGCC Report: Private Equity Investment Nears $150 Billion in U.S.
New study examining PE investment by country, state, and for the first time congressional district shows PE firms invested in more than 1,200 companies across U.S. last year boosting local economies…
PE Index: Private Equity Activity Remains Steady in Second Quarter
PE Index registers above 10-year moving average as dollar volume and equity investment increases
Washington, DC, August 11, 2011 –Private equity activity continued at a steady pace in the second…
Defending Private Equity from a Flawed Picture – The DealBook
In a July 6 post on The New York Times’ “DealBook” blog, Steve Klinsky, Founder and Chief Executive of New Mountain Capital, and Chairman of the Growth Capital Committee within the PEGCC,…
PEGCC Announces New Leadership
On September 1, Steve Judge, the PEGCC’s former vice president of government affairs, was named interim president and chief executive officer of the council, succeeding Douglas Lowenstein. Before…
Second Quarter PE Index Released
On August 16, the PEGCC released its Private Equity Index (PE Index) for Q2 2011, a metric designed to provide an accurate snapshot of the state of the private equity market. For the second…
Private Equity Invests More than $148 Billion in 2010
New PEGCC research released last week shows that private equity firms invested more than $148 billion in 1,234 US-based companies during 2010. The top five states in terms of deal value were…
Carried Interest
Carried Interest, Deficit Reduction and the Super Committee
Congress returned to Washington last week after a month-long recess that followed one of the most contentious political debates in recent memory – whether and how to raise the nation’s debt…
Dodd-Frank Update: PEGCC Files Comment Letter on Incentive Compensation
WASHINGTON, DC, May 31, 2011 – This week, the PEGCC filed extensive comments on the proposed rule calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to modify the proposed rules as they apply…
Private Equity Industry Maintains Upward Trajectory
As PE Index reaches new high since recession, uncalled capital remains a concern
Washington, DC, May 10, 2011 –The Private Equity Growth Capital Council’s (PEGCC) Private Equity Index (PE…
PEGCC Statement in Response to Subcommittee Passage of the Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Douglas Lowenstein, President and CEO of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) made the following statement in response to passage of The Small Business Capital…
Dodd-Frank Update: PEGCC Files Comment Letter on Independence of Compensation Committees
WASHINGTON, DC, April 28, 2011 – Today, in a letter to the SEC, the PEGCC filed comments on the proposed rule to implement Section 952 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which adds Section 10C to the…
PEGCC files comment letter urging SEC to reconsider aspects of Form PF requirement
Letter: “The PEGCC respectfully requests that the Commission not require private equity sponsors to file Form PF… Private equity funds do not present systemic risk.”
WASHINGTON, DC, April 15,…