{"id":547931,"date":"2022-07-19T03:54:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T03:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/07\/19\/us-pe-firms-want-record-amounts-of-new-funding\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T03:54:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T03:54:30","slug":"us-pe-firms-want-record-amounts-of-new-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/07\/19\/us-pe-firms-want-record-amounts-of-new-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"US PE firms want record amounts of new funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-09\"><\/a> <strong>US private equity firms are collectively looking to raise some USD 1 tn in <\/strong><strong>fresh funding despite a shaky m<\/strong><strong>arket<\/strong>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/buyout-firms-seek-1-trillion-of-new-funding-even-as-markets-drop-and-deal-making-dries-up-11658136602?mod=lead_feature_below_a_pos1\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> reports. Some 2.8k firms are now trying to fundraise, including nine megafunds looking to raise USD 216 bn \u2014 a jump of over 60% compared to the beginning of 2021, swamping potential limited partners at pension funds, family offices and endowments with meeting requests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But fundraising is already down c. 43% year-on-year in 1H 2022<\/strong>, according to industry date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A messy backdrop: <\/strong>The fundraising drive by PE players comes despite a paucity of exits (whether through private por public markets). Valuations are falling (good for would-be acquirers, bad for folks with holdings they need to exit), debt finance is getting more expensive every time the Fed meets, and <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/c8bd86ea-a53c-4861-a67c-29605af025cc\">global buyouts tanked in the second quarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So who\u2019s going to close? H<\/strong>eavyweights with proven track records including Blackstone and Apollo, the WSJ suggests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EARNINGS WATCH- Goldman, BoA report better-than-expected earnings: <\/strong>Bulge bracket stalwart Goldman Sachs reported a 47% drop in net income in 2Q, beating analysts\u2019 estimates, according to its latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/media-relations\/press-releases\/current\/pdfs\/2022-q2-results.pdf\">financial results (pdf)<\/a>. The bank reported a USD 2.9 bn profit for the quarter due a fall in dealmaking and said it would slow hiring and could make job cuts. Analysts had predicted income to fall to USD 2.6 bn. It was a similar story at Bank of America, where analysts were surprised to the upside by a 32% fall in earnings to USD 6.2 bn, its <a href=\"https:\/\/d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net\/_c5d52e14900202252d476ce00e798788\/bankofamerica\/db\/806\/9723\/earnings_release\/The+Press+Release+2Q22.pdf\">financial results (pdf)<\/a> showed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/07\/18\/bank-of-america-bac-2q-2022-earnings-.html\">CNBC<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/goldman-sachs-profit-falls-47-11658144481?mod=hp_lead_pos2\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> have more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AND- Has crypto bottomed out?<\/strong> (Don\u2019t hold your breath.) Major cryptocurrencies staged a recovery on Monday following a three-month long crash, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-07-18\/bitcoin-rallies-to-trade-above-22-000-ether-avalanche-advance-l5qgw59v\">Bloomberg<\/a> reports. BTC, the largest of the bunch, surged as much as 7% to trade above USD 22k for the first time since early June, while ETH jumped 10%. Some digital currencies had seen more than 50% of their value wiped out so far this year as risky assets plummet on surging inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical crises.<\/p>\n<div class='stock-ticker-panel'>\n<table class='table stock-ticker-table table-striped markets-table'>\n<tbody>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>EGX30 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>8,868<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+1.1% (YTD: -25.8%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-down'>\n<td class='td-list-down'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets1'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets1'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>USD (CBE)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Buy 18.85<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Sell 18.93<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-down'>\n<td class='td-list-down'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets1'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets1'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>USD at CIB<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Buy 18.87<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Sell 18.93<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-none'>\n<td class='td-list-none'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Interest rates CBE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>11.25% deposit<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>12.25% lending<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Tadawul<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>11,555<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+2.3% (YTD: +2.4%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>ADX<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>9,260<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+0.1% (YTD: +9.1%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>DFM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>3,171<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+0.3% (YTD: -0.8%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-down'>\n<td class='td-list-down'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets1'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets1'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>S&P 500<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>3,831<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>-0.8% (YTD: -19.6%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>FTSE 100<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>7,223<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+0.9% (YTD: -2.2%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Euro Stoxx 50<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>3,512<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+1.0% (YTD: -18.3%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Brent crude<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>USD 105.76<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+4.6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Natural gas <\/strong>(Nymex)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>USD 7.48<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+6.6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>USD 1,710.20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+0.4%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class='tr-row-up'>\n<td class='td-list-up'>\n<p><svg class='e-icon e-TypeMarkets11'><use xlink:href='#e-TypeMarkets11'><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>BTC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>USD 21,674<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>+3.2% (YTD: -53.3%)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>THE CLOSING BELL-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The EGX30 rose 1.1% at yesterday\u2019s close<\/strong> on turnover of EGP 930.2 mn (11.7% above the 90-day average). Local investors were net buyers. The index is down 25.8% YTD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the green: <\/strong>Credit Agricole Egypt (+ 13.4%), Madinet Nasr for Housing and Development (+7.1%) and GB Auto (+5.1%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the red: <\/strong>Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank-Egypt (-1.1%), Telecom Egypt (-1.1%) and Cleopatra Hospital (-0.7%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asian markets are mostly in the red this morning<\/strong>, and it\u2019s looking a similarly patchy open for European markets, according to stock futures. US shares are on course to open in the green later today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US private equity firms are collectively looking to raise some USD 1 tn in fresh funding despite a shaky market, the Wall Street Journal reports. 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