Opalesque Private Equity Briefing » Market http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing Private equity funds under management totaled $2.918 trillion at the end of 2011. According to David Rubenstein, co-founder of Carlyle Group LP there are nearly 5,000 private equity funds in the world. Private equity, one of the alternative asset classes offering diversification from stocks and bonds, has traditionally been about leveraged buyouts - where the buyer funds the purchase price through borrowing, using the target company’s assets as collateral, says a Reuters report. Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:43:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Private equity fundraising gets more crowded http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=39 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=39#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:43:42 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=39 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=39>Article Link</a> The number of private equity funds seeking money from investors reached an all-time high in the second quarter, while those which completed fundraising hit a record low, according to data released by market research firm Preqin. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=39 Private equity goes prospecting in emerging markets http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=36 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=36#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:42:54 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=36 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=36>Article Link</a> Somewhat insulated from the recession anxieties and sovereign debt default fears that gripped the developed markets, fast-growing emerging market economies from Asia to Latin America continued to beckon global private equity investors. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=36 Australia: Private equity’s healthy interest in health-care sector http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=32 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=32#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:41:44 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=32 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=32>Article Link</a> Like many other developed countries, Australia faces an aging population, more obesity and higher cancer rates, and is spending more to tackle those problems. The government spent $5,479 per person on health care in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2010, the latest figures available, up from $4,710 four years earlier. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=32 Islamic private equity investments in Malaysia to quadruple to US$3.1bln http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=31 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=31#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:41:26 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=31 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=31>Article Link</a> Islamic private-equity investments are poised to quadruple in Malaysia to US$3.1bil (RM9.7bil) in five years on government incentives, according to the industry’s biggest fund manager. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=31 China may let asset managers invest some funds in private equity http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=29 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=29#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:38:32 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=29 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=29>Article Link</a> China plans to allow asset management companies to invest in private equity with funds from their special-asset management units. The plan is meant to prompt private investment in unlisted companies’ stocks and debt, according to a statement posted on the China Securities Regulatory Commission’s website. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=29 Carlyle’s Sunoco deal casts glow over private equity http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=20 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=20#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:35:08 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=20 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=20>Article Link</a> Private-equity shops have been portrayed as villains this year in the run-up to the presidential election. But today, Carlyle is being cast something of an American hero in its deal to take over a Sunoco refinery in Philadelphia. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=20 Middle Eastern private equity fund seen expanding in SE Asia http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=15 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=15#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:33:40 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=15 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=15>Article Link</a> Abraaj Capital—a private equity fund that counts Middle East royal families and high net worth individuals and sovereign funds as investors—is exploring more investment opportunities in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines. (more…)

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