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Private equity firms target ETF portfolio managers
Private equity investors have found another way to get into the growing U.S. exchange traded fund (ETF) market: investing in firms that manage ETF portfolios.
Private equity courts pension funds for M&A finance
Starved of finance from hard-pressed banks, private equity firms in Europe are sounding out yield-hungry pension funds, insurers and sovereign wealth funds as alternative sources of the finance they need to do deals.
U.S. private equity beat public markets in 2011-survey
U.S. private equity investments outperformed the stock market in 2011 and distributions to investors reached a record as fund managers seized on an opportunity to sell long-held assets.
China slows overseas unconventional energy acquisitions
China's energy giants are slowing their purchases of overseas unconventional oil and gas assets following two years of aggressive investment.