Regional brokerage and investment bank Raymond James Financial on Wednesday said equity capital markets business in April continued to lag 2011 levels, and that markets in May so far remain challenging and volatile.
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Asia share of global private equity deals jumps -McKinsey
Asia's share of global private equity investments has doubled to 21 percent in the past four years, helped by last year's strong growth and that figure should continue to rise, a top McKinsey & Co executive told Reuters.
EU lawmakers back venture capital "passport"
European Union lawmakers approved a draft law on Thursday making it easier to channel funds into start-up companies from next year.
Australian private equity returned 7.85 pct in 2011
Australian private equity returned 7.85 percent to investors in 2011. Australian private equity returned 7. 85 percent to investors in 2011, and on a three-year basis returns far outstripped the benchmark Australian stock index, industry data showed.
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Pressure on the mining industry amid a global economic slowdown has not deterred a handful of mining companies from tapping the high-yield market with five deals emerging in recent weeks.
Asia's private equity funds are moving closer to North American and European peers in key areas, but despite a tight fundraising climate they still charge higher management fees than their global peers.
The excitement of private equity opportunities in India, which reached fever pitch in 2007-2008, has crumbled.
Largest fund of its kind raised in 5 yrs - industry body Capital International Private Equity Funds has closed a $3 billion global emerging markets private equity fund, the largest fund of its kind in five years.
China eyeing lowering bar for becoming QFII -sources A proposed plan by China's regulators could allow hedge funds, for the first time, to directly trade in mainland stocks and bonds, opening up one of Asia's biggest capital markets to the $2 trillion industry.
China yuan funds of overseas PE firms to be treated as foreign. China plans to treat local money raised and managed by global private equity firms as foreign funds, industry sources said on Tuesday, restricting their access to sectors such as media and mining in the world's second-biggest economy.
India will slash the tax on long-term capital gains for private-equity investors to 10 percent from 20 percent, a finance ministry statement said on Monday.
