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by Greg Cruey on September 11, 2008
Private equity investment in China is down. On August 27 Business Week reported that PE investment was down over the first seven month of the year by over 42%. The came the Xinhua story on the August drop - with PE down 70% compared to last August.
"There were only three private equity investments in August, all into expanding or profit-making entities, according to the report from China Venture Investment Consulting Group." according to Xinhua.
China's slumping stock market definitely plays a role in the decline. And even with the decline, there's still been over $5 billion in investment. Some 73 companies in China have been on the receiving end of PE investment.
With the pressure of inflation and the uncertainty of what a post-Olympic economy will do, PE investors are likely to hold on to their money for a while longer. But the size of the Chinese market is likely to make investment hard to resist over the long term...
"There were only three private equity investments in August, all into expanding or profit-making entities, according to the report from China Venture Investment Consulting Group." according to Xinhua.
China's slumping stock market definitely plays a role in the decline. And even with the decline, there's still been over $5 billion in investment. Some 73 companies in China have been on the receiving end of PE investment.
With the pressure of inflation and the uncertainty of what a post-Olympic economy will do, PE investors are likely to hold on to their money for a while longer. But the size of the Chinese market is likely to make investment hard to resist over the long term...
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