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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

The concerns around the coronavirus outbreak in China and its subsequent crisis in several other nations are expected to have a large impact on the global economy, which is also hurting investor sentiments.

Investors have begun discussing coronavirus in their earnings transcripts, focusing on concerns and uncertainties revolving around the virus, said GlobalData.

The London-based data and analytics provider said that investment firms such as the Carlyle Group acknowledged the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the global economy and the ongoing uncertainty around it.

Bain Capital has stated that it is accessing the impact of the outbreak on the performance of its portfolio companies, the report said.

Investor concerns and dampened sentiments also reflect in weak private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funding activity during the first three months (January 1st - March 17th) of 2020 compared to the first three months (January 1st - March 17th) of 2019.

The number of PE and VC deals announced during March 1, 2020, to March 17, 2020, fell by 32.4% compared to the deals announced during the same period in 2019, while corresponding deal value also declined by 26.5%.

January and February month of 2020 also witnessed a notable decline in funding activity.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, said: "The coronavirus outbreak is affecting the global economic prospects at least for the short-term and dampened investor sen......................

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