Opalesque Private Equity Briefing » Investments 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 investment spree expected http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=38 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=38#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:43:23 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=38 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=38>Article Link</a> The Middle East’s private equity funds, which have long lagged behind their global peers, have built up at least $5bn in capital ready to invest in new opportunities, industry leaders said this week. They will also increase endeavours to make new investments this year. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=38 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 Axa Private Equity to buy 11 fund investments from OMERS http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=27 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=27#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:37:05 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=27 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=27>Article Link</a> Axa Private Equity, the investment arm of French insurance group Axa, said it would buy a portfolio of 11 private equity fund investments worth about $850 million from the private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS. (more…)

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