Venture capital firms find themselves fending off increasingly uneasy investors who are urging them to cash out.
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Wall Street Journal Names Top 50 Venture Capital-backed Start-ups
Business-product makers top WSJ's list of most successful venture capital-backed companies. For the third year, the Wall Street Journal has published a ranking of the most successful venture capital-backed companies.
Cheap financing fuels U.S. leveraged buyout boom
U.S. leveraged buyouts almost doubled in the third quarter of 2012 from a year ago. U. S. leveraged buyouts almost doubled in the third quarter of 2012 from a year ago, reaching their highest levels since before the financial crisis as cheap financing fueled private equity's appetite for deals.
CalSTRS shows lackluster private equity returns
A report prepared on behalf of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) highlights the challenges of outperforming public markets even in the long term..
China's 2011 outbound investment growth slows to 8.5 pct
China's outbound direct investment rose 8.5 percent to $74.7 billion in 2011. China's outbound direct investment rose 8. 5 percent to $74. 7 billion in 2011, slowing from the year before, government data showed on Thursday, but extending a decade-long expansion streak as domestic firms are officially encouraged to venture abroad.
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U.S. investors became major buyers of European commercial real estate in the first half of 2012. U. S. investors became major buyers of European commercial real estate in the first half of 2012, after years of being crowded out of that market, Real Capital Analytics reported on Wednesday.
Pension funds and other institutional investors are now attacking the fees charged by the once-booming private equity industry.
An internal feud between rival parts of China's main arbitration body has seen its Shanghai and Shenzhen branches suspended
Funds are increasingly moving away from their traditional exit route of listing mainland assets in stock markets.
Venture-backed companies based in Europe raised €1.3 billion through 273 venture capital deals during the second quarter of 2012.
Chinese insurers should be able to match the duration of their assets and liabilities more accurately, and may benefit from improved earnings stability, following a decision to relax restrictions on the investments they can hold.
Private equity deals in Israel grew 49 percent to $1.75 billion in the first half of 2012. Private equity deals in Israel grew 49 percent to $1. 75 billion in the first half of 2012, mainly due to the $1 billion buyout of software firm Paradigm Geophysical by Apax Partners and JMI Equity from Fox Paine, the IVC Research Center said on Monday.
Diversified financial and real estate funds continue to be attractive investments For the private equity sector, 2011 was a roller coaster year, with the first half retaining the momentum from 2010 and the second half being affected by the global economic scenario.
After decades roaming the world in search of lower costs, U.S. manufacturers are finding that factories at home can compete with China, In dia, Mexico and other low-cost countries.
