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Private Equity funds raise $95bn in third quarter of 2017
LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Research provider Preqin indicated that 181 private equity (PE) funds raised a total of $95.2bn in capital commitments worldwide in the third quarter of 2017, compared to 256 PE funds that raised $137.7bn in the preceding quarter and 232 PE funds that secured $66.6bn in the third quarter of 2016. It pointed out that 45 buyout funds secured $65.9bn during the third quarter of the year, or 69.2% of…
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