IF 2009 was a vintage year for equity capital in Australia, with more than $80 billion raised, then by comparison 2010 fell rather flat. With most of the S&P/ASX 200 companies having repaired their balance sheets, the rush of capital raisings slowed, with a little more than $25 billion generated last year. The prediction that [...]

So much for a hangover from the financial crisis. Private equity has already morphed back into a sellers’ market.
How’s that possible? Leverage.
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Cash, not conscience, is still the spark for most private equity deals. But responsible investing is coming into fashion as private equity houses attempt to drum up business in a competitive market.
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High-net-worth Canadians are cozying up to private equity these days, attracted to bountiful returns over the long-term while shielding themselves from bouts of volatility in the public stock markets.
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The collapse of the EMI buyout was the outcome many had expected for the private-equity industry. Back in 2008, Boston Consulting Group predicted the majority of private-equity-owned companies would default within two to three years.
That now looks unlikely. Most have pulled through, and some evidence suggests financial-sponsor-backed firms performed no worse than publicly listed peers, [...]

The value of Canadian deals involving private equity rose in 2010 for the first time in three years, as investors regained some of the confidence lost during the global financial crisis.
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China’s securities watchdog is planning to allow select asset management units of brokerages to launch private equity funds for the first time as soon as this year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.China’s securities watchdog is planning to allow select asset management units of brokerages to launch private equity funds for [...]

Private equity investment in emerging markets rose 30 percent in 2010 to $28.8 billion, driven by an increase in deal volume and a slight increase in transaction size, according to a survey released on Monday.
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How are businesses being valued in the current environment? A host of well-known venture capitalists, private equity and infrastructure investors, business owners, entrepreneurs and capital providers will debate this question in the different stages and sectors they participate in. Panelists will also be asked to “step out on a limb” and provide some predictions as [...]