tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798074091942701235.post2835758775418989734..comments2024-03-27T11:08:31.557-04:00Comments on Can Turtles Fly?: Delusional expectations of private equity investorsSivaram Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361276466660862882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798074091942701235.post-1653213121934838602010-12-17T04:45:23.000-05:002010-12-17T04:45:23.000-05:00Returns that investors seek from this part of thei...Returns that investors seek from this part of their portfolio is a reflection of the risk that they feel it brings. In order to make it wrth investing, they must be getting returns in excess of 4% as they are seeing PE as high risk right now. It's not saying that these investors are expecting their existing portfolios to achieve this right now. The fact that fundraising has pretty much collapsed in 2010 is a reflection of the fact that investors are not confident that they can find funds which will give them this kind of return. If it was a reflection of how great PE investors thought PE was, then fundraising would be through the roof!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com