VC funds rake in $5.5b in quarter, prompting alert
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Venture capital funds raised $5.5 billion in fresh capital in the third quarter, 78 percent more than in the prior quarter, prompting a warning by the head of
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The company is considering an investment of between $300 million and $500 million for less than 5 percent of Facebook.
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Investors are keeping an eye on sequential numbers.
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Business confidence hits a five month high in June, according to the Reuters tankan survey.
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Dow Jones pays more than $500 million for Web-based Marketwatch.
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For the typical retirement plan investor, the stake in foreign equities has more than tripled over the past five years.
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European equities flirted with 5-month  peaks as hopes that economic growth was sustainable and a small  dip in oil prices helped lure investors back to recent  underperformers such as technology and insurance stocks.
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The hedge fund Fortress Investment Group is said to be considering an initial public offering that could value the company from $5 billion to $7 billion.
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Brokerage announces $11.5 billion in additional write-downs for the fourth quarter.
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The company, battered by the subprime crisis, said it would sell a $5 billion stake to a Chinese investment.
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The nation&#39;s largest pension fund disclosed for the first time yesterday how much it paid the venture capitalists, hedge fund managers and others who handle its riskiest specialized
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Investors, looking for gold in hedge funds, have found dross.
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Some venture capitalists, who've seen improving conditions in recent years for taking companies public and cashing out investments, are worried the turbulence that has roiled financial markets this summer could spill over into their investment niche.
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U.S.-based venture capital investments reached their highest point last year since 2001 with software remaining the strongest category, according to The MoneyTree Report, released this week by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).VC firms sunk some $29.4 billion into 3,813 U.S. deals in 2007, according to the report.Software-related VC funding once again received the most money with $5.3 billion, compared to $5.1 billion in 2006, according to the report, which used data from Thomson Financial.VC spending on other technology categories also rose. Funding for computer- and peripheral-based interests was $580 million, up from $497 million in 2006; IT services, $1.3 billion, compared to $1.1 billion in 2006; networking and equipment, $1.25 billion, compared to $1.1 billion the previous year.However, semiconductor VC investment fell to $1.85 billion, from $2.14 billion in 2006. Telecommunication also saw a slowdown, falling to $2.14 billion, compared to $2.6 billion in 2006.While the VC market has hardly bounced back from its boom year -- 2000, when spending stood at $105 billion according to NVCA -- it has slowly crawled back to life. A low point came in 2003, when VC investments were a mere $19.7 billion, NVCA data shows.Major software vendors employ varying strategies toward the VC market. While some companies, notably Sun, infuse cash into startup companies through funds of their own, others, such as IBM, take a different tack, working with VC firms to analyze their portfolios and spot companies that could be potential future partners.&quot;We&#39;re not in the venture investment business,&quot; said Claudia Fan Munce, managing director of IBM&#39;s venture capital group and vice president of corporate strategy.&quot;The due diligence process today is much, much heavier,&quot; Munce remarked of the current climate. But as the report&#39;s numbers indicate, venture investing is far from dead. &quot;They&#39;re coming back in a very different way. They&#39;re not just looking at Silicon Valley,&quot; Munce said.According to the study released this week, U.S.-based VCs invested $1.1 billion in India and $1.4 billion in China, record highs for U.S. investments in those nations (The numbers are not included in the study&#39;s aggregate totals, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.).
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The bond insurer, which took a $5.21 billion write-down, said it is reviewing ways to raise capital.
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Investors are running back into mutual funds.
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Strong global stocks and bonds markets  have fueled rapid growth in the $11.1 trillion U.S. mutual fund  industry, despite the wobble in emerging markets and concerns  about overheated Chinese markets in the past year.