funding, Private Equity, Fund-Raising
Near Record Pace of Private Equity Fund-Raising Hit Wall in September
Bruce V. Bigelow 1/8/09
Fund-raising by private equity firms slowed dramatically during the last three months of 2008, so much so, in fact, that an analysis shows an 18 percent overall decline among fund-raising by U.S. firms compared to 2007—all of it due to the Q4 meltdown.
An analysis published today in the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst newsletter found that 99 funds raised about $43 billion during the fourth quarter, a roughly 57 percent... Read more »
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