Private equity group fights back after ads target Romney
- May 31, 2012 |
- WILLIAM EHART
PEGCC defends industrys investment role in United States economy; some Democrats break ranks and rally to its defense As a campaign ad for President Barack Obama compared rival Mitt Romneys former firm, Bain Capital, to a vampire, political debate about private equity investing intensified. But the $7 million-revenue industry group Private Equity Growth Capital Council has been preparing for this line of attack since February, after Romneys background at the leveraged-buyout firm was used against him by Republican primary rivals. The Obama ad quoted the criticism from Romneys GOP rivals, including Rick Perrys description of Bain Capitals work as vulture… Read More