{"id":42281,"date":"2014-05-27T08:19:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T12:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=42281"},"modified":"2014-05-27T08:19:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T12:19:17","slug":"hedge-fund-research-private-equity-activity-hits-5-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/05\/2014\/hedge-fund-research-private-equity-activity-hits-5-year-high.html","title":{"rendered":"Hedge Fund Research: Private Equity Activity Hits 5-Year High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/market-research.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-40730 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/market-research-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"market-research\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/market-research-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/market-research.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Private equity investments and fundraising last quarter reached their highest first quarter levels since 2008, according to the Private Equity Growth Capital Council&#8217;s quarterly Trends Report. Continuing a seasonal trend for first quarter activity, private equity investment volume and fundraising dropped compared to the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, exit volume declined, but still outperformed first quarter results since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the severe winter weather, private equity activity in the first quarter was a bright spot for the U.S. economy,&#8221; said Bronwyn Bailey, PEGCC Vice President of Research. &#8220;Private equity activity continues to experience year-over-year growth since the Great Recession, providing a source of capital to promising companies and investment returns to pension funds, charitable foundations, and university endowments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the PEGCC Trends Report found that dry powder grew 5 percent, from $391 billion in December 2013 to $412 as of March 2014. Equity contributions were calculated at 38 percent during the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the first quarter alone, private equity continued to drive economic growth by investing $110 billion in U.S.-based businesses and returning $49 billion to investors who secure retirements for millions, engage in charitable pursuits, and provide financial aid to students,&#8221; said Steve Judge, PEGCC President and CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Private equity investments and fundraising last quarter reached their highest first quarter levels since 2008, according to the Private Equity Growth Capital Council&#8217;s quarterly Trends Report. Continuing a seasonal trend for first quarter activity, private equity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42282,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42281\/revisions\/42282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}