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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read (Reuters) – Global equity funds witnessed higher inflows in the week ended Feb. 24, on optimism that global central banks would keep interest rates lower to prop up their economies, undeterred by rising inflation concerns. FILE PHOTO: Dividers are seen inside a trading post…

WASHINGTON ­– The U.S. Department of Labor today released a Supplemental Statement clarifying a June 2020 Information Letter on private equity investments as a component of a professionally managed asset allocation fund offered as an investment option in participant-directed retirement savings plans, such as 401(k) plans. The statement from the…

Private equity funds are a major contributor in the rapid growth of the private credit market, according to global law firm Dechert. In its 2021 private equity outlook, the law firm reported that 45 percent of surveyed private equity firms have increased their use of private credit financing in buyouts…

Private equity, as opposed to getting funding from the public market (think stock market), relies on investment funds that come from private investors.  Private equity funds are formed by collecting money from a few or sometimes thousands of investors, and then using that money to invest in private companies.  Private…

Private equity funding is a kind of investing that occurs privately, rather than publicly as on the stock exchange. Here, an investor puts in the capital with a private equity firm, the firm then manages that money into a company, and the investor receives a buyout on that in time.…