May 23 - ACG San Francisco -

Lunch Event | The Changing Face of Online Retail Strategies II

June 4- ACG Brasil- A História do Private Equity no Brasil: Passado, Presente e Futuro

June 5- ACG Global Webinar- What's the Deal? An Analysis of Middle Market M&A Trends

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Why ACG? from Association for Corporate Growth on Vimeo.

Connect to the latest trends shaping the middle market with ACG’s official publication, Middle Market Growth. The magazine is part of a suite of digital publications that will provide readers with an interactive platform to access the latest original content from industry leaders and insights from all segments of ACG's global membership and M&A ecosystem.  Also included are exclusive interviews, powerful growth stories and updates on events happening all over the world. Available now for download at the iTunes store, Amazon Appstore and Google Play and even on your desktop.

The May issue is now available. See how SunTx Capital Partners formed London Broadcasting Company to bring quality TV to Texas markets. Read the full story here.

To learn more, visit www.middlemarketgrowth.org.

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CIPEF presents an unparalleled opportunity to learn about investing in China and networking face to face with over a thousand Chinese companies seeking foreign investment, Chinese government officials and a wide variety of private equity professionals, intermediaries, corporate development executives, lawyers, consultants and others interested in investing in China.

To register for this event, click here.

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At today’s Middle-Market Growth Public Policy Summit, held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., ACG unveiled Driving Growth: The Impact of Private Capital on the U.S. Economy, a book that graphically depicts data from GrowthEconomy.org for each congressional district. The book compares sales and job growth data of private capital-backed companies versus other companies in the U.S. economy, 1995-2010, organized by state and congressional district.

ACG's goal in publishing Driving Growth is to bring more transparency and visibility to the role and value of private capital investment. Printed and distributed to all members of Congress, all state governors, media, and academics, Driving Growth is available via PDF at no charge.

To download a PDF copy, click here.
To download a copy of the press release, click here.
For more information, please contact Christine Melendes at cmelendes@acg.org.

ACG has released its first ever "Middle-Market Growth Policy Agenda," a statement of the organization’s official position on relevant policy topics directly affecting its members. ACG members include professionals from private equity firms, corporations and lenders that invest in middle-market companies, as well as from law, accounting, investment banking and other firms that provide advisory services.
 
Below is a list of the issues ACG views as significant and will be providing public commentary:

• Comprehensive Business Tax Reform (CBTR)
  • "ACG will aggressively represent the voice of the middle market in the process of comprehensive business tax reform, with a focus on the four areas above as they directly impact capital investment and formation."
• Deductibility of Interest on Corporate Debt.
  • "ACG believes that debt financing is critical to business expansion, acquisitions, investment, inventory, and cash flow management and provides an important form of needed funding. ACG opposes efforts to eliminate the long-standing deductibility of interest as a normal cost of doing business."
• Dodd-Frank
  • "The Dodd-Frank financial reform law mandates 447 new rules, only one third of which have been finalized. ACG will seek to replace or eliminate areas of Dodd-Frank that do not work and do not achieve their intended goals and assist and monitor rule-making to ensure clarity and fairness to middle-market investors."
• Clarify JOBS Act Regulations
  • "ACG will focus on Rule 506 (solicitation of accredited investors) to ensure clarity and fairness for middle market investors. Some have voiced concern about the SEC’s pace of rule development and potential to misinterpret legislative intent."

To download a full copy of the agenda, click here.

Duane Morris has released Connections in the Middle Market: Trends, Insights & the Environment Ahead, an annual review and look forward of the year in private equity. Inside, distinguished contributors discuss lessons learned from the Great Recession and illuminate reasons for investors and advisors to have optimism today, and tomorrow.

In particular, Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School and a renowned private equity industry scholar, shares candid and thoughtful insights ranging from the impact of the European debt crisis to the surprising resilience of private equity investing these past several years.

To read more, click here.

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Middle Market Growth is a suite of daily, weekly and monthly digital publications. Choose how you want to view the monthly magazine below: 

Business Development Strategist | Legg Mason Investment Counsel - 1 week ago
Corporate & Commercial Banking - South Florida | Confidential - 3 weeks ago
SEEKING PROJECT ADVISORS - A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR M&A PROFESSIONALS | Confidential - 8 weeks ago
BSS CFO-PAGE | Banner Health - 17 hours ago
VP and Chief Financial Officer | Edmundite Missions - 1 day ago

Click here to view the members who joined in March 2013

Click Here to view the members who joined in February 2013

Click here to view the members who joined in January 2013

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The goal of Driving Growth is to bring more transparency and visibility to the role and value of private capital investment. This report reveals that overall, companies backed by private capital outperform other companies by a wide margin in revenue growth and job growth.

For more information or to order a hard copy, contact Christine Melendes at cmelendes@acg.org.