Friday, 01 June 2007

Buyout investors fear more funds will hit returns

(Reuters) - Private equity fundraising is forecast by analysts to reach
as high as $500 billion this year after about $430 billion of
funds were raised in 2006.
Private equity investor returns are still gaining, however,
with 45 percent reporting net returns of 16 percent or higher
compared with 38 percent who said the same a year ago.




European investors have underperformed counterparts in North
America and Asia, largely because of greater exposure to
Europe's poorly performing venture capital sector and lagging
returns in Asia-Pacific buyouts, Coller Capital said.


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