Investors may already be eagerly hunting bargains amid the carnage in the coronavirus bear market
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One large and powerful group of investors, with plenty of money to put to work, should be quite relaxed at the precipitous falls stock markets have suffered due to the spread of coronavirus Covid-19 and may already be eagerly hunting bargains amid the carnage.
At the start of this year, data from Prequin, Dealogic and other sources suggested that across funds dedicated to buy-outs of established companies, venture capital to support growth companies, specialist real estate funds and distressed funds, private equity sponsors had more than $2 trillion of dry powder – money that had been raised in large rounds of fund raising and not yet invested.
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