LBOs Lead As Private Equity Funding Increases 20% In 2012

Private Equity fundraising increased by 20% in 2012, according to a report from Dow Jones VentureSource. Fundraising for PE firms reached a total of $160.4 billion in 2012. That compares with a total funding of less than $130 billion in 2011. This news shows the continuation of a trend of recapitalization in these funds since the financial crash in 2008.

Private Equity firms take sums of money, usually from institutional investors, and invests it in firms that are not traded publicly. Some of the big private equity firms...