PE investments increase but exits are still elusive - Zawya

2012 has so far not lived up to expectations of being the decisive one for the private equity industry. Many funds are still waiting for the right time to exit their investments at the best possible price in order to generate returns for their Limited Partners.
On the other hand, investors are not giving up. Several fund managers have launched funds during the first quarter of the year and into the early days of the second quarter.

Q1 2012 witnessed a decline in the number of exits compared to the same period last year; marking one exit in comparison to four. However, funds made 19 new investments during the first three months of the year, a 50% increase in the number of deals compared to Q1 2011.

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