Reports
New Report: Private Equity Invested $1 Trillion To Support And Modernize Popular Consumer Brands
Private equity has supported popular brands including Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic, Red Lobster, Dutch Bros, Supergoop! and Wella Company.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the American…
Research
New Ernst & Young LLP (EY) Report Highlights Private Equity’s Role in the Economic Recovery
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The private equity industry and private equity backed companies directly employed more than 11.7 million workers in the United States in 2020 and generated $1.4 trillion of gross…
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Private Equity Is Helping Drive the Economic Recovery During COVID-19
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Washington, D.C. – The American Investment Council today released a new report detailing how private equity is helping drive the economic…
Regulatory Priorities
ICYMI: Experts Highlight Private Equity’s Outsized Returns and Diversification Value Before SEC
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Asset Management Advisory Committee held a Private Investments Subcommittee meeting examining the private equity industry to determine whether…
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AIC Announces Top States and Districts by Private Equity Investment
The numbers are in. Today, the American Investment Council (AIC) released its annual Top States and Districts Report, which ranks the country’s top twenty states…
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New Report: Private Equity Invested $331 Billion in U.S. Businesses in 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the American Investment Council released its 2018 Q4 Industry Investment Report showing that private equity invested $331 billion into U.S. businesses over the…
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Healthcare Sector Attracts Significant Private Equity Investment In Q3
B2C, B2B, And Information Technology All Received Higher Investment In Q3 2017
WASHINGTON – Private equity investment in healthcare more than doubled during the third quarter of 2017, rising to…
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Private Equity Investment Reaches Second Highest Level Since 2008
Industry Investment Volume Rose 26 Percent In Q3 2017
WASHINGTON, DC – Private equity investment volume rose to $187 billion in Q3 2017, a 26 percent increase from Q2, according to the American…
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New Report Shows Strong Growth In Consumer-Focused Private Equity Investment
B2B Continues to Lead Industries for PE Investment in Q2 2017
WASHINGTON – Private equity investment in Consumer Products and Services (B2C) grew over 60 percent during the second quarter of…
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High Capital Reserves Position Private Equity For Significant Activity
The Industry’s Capital Reserves Reach Historic High In Q2 2017
WASHINGTON – Private equity capital reserves grew to $572 billion, the highest level since 2003, according to the American Investment…
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New Report Shows Sharp Growth of Private Equity Investment in Healthcare
Healthcare, B2B, and Information Technology received over two thirds of private equity investment in Q1 2017
WASHINGTON – Private equity invested $132 billion into the U.S. economy during the…
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Private Equity Growth In Perspective
April 29, 2016
By Frank Fumai, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Private equity has grown dramatically over the past decade. Investor allocations, the outperformance of private equity versus public…
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PEGCC Top Ten Private Equity Trends for 2016, Powered by EY
Report Covers Investments, Regulation, GP/LP Relations, and Portfolio Companies
WASHINGTON – The Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) released their Top 10 Private Equity Trends for…
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CFO Magazine: How Private Equity is Driving Value
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…
Research
ILPA and Cambridge Associates Release Private Markets Benchmark
This week, the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) released its ILPA Private Markets Benchmark, the organization’s proprietary performance benchmark conducted in partnership with…
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Increasing Stakes in Private Equity
Pension funds have invested billions of dollars in private equity since the early 1980s. Since then, they have steadily increased portfolio allocations to private equity – doubling in the last…
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Do Private Equity Funds Earn Their Fees?
It’s widely known that private equity (PE) managers charge fees to limited partner investors (LPs) in their funds. These fees have historically been “2 and 20”: a 2 percent management fee on…