What does private equity fund mean?

Private equity fund refers to a fund established by raising funds from specific investors in a non-public way. According to the different ways of raising funds, funds can be divided into Public Offering of Fund and private equity funds. Public Offering of Fund refers to a fund that can be sold to the public.

Private equity funds do not pursue equity gains, but sell equity through equity transfer paths such as listing, management buyouts and mergers and acquisitions.

The scope of private equity funds is narrower than that of Public Offering of Fund, but they are all institutions or individuals with strong capital strength and high quality of capital composition, which makes the funds raised by them not necessarily inferior to that of Public Offering of Fund in quality and quantity. It can be an individual investor or an institutional investor.

The risk of private equity investment first stems from its relatively long investment cycle. Therefore, if private equity funds want to make profits, they must make some efforts, not only to meet the financing needs of enterprises, but also to bring benefits to enterprises, which is bound to be a long-term process. Moreover, the high cost of private equity investment also increases the risk of private equity investment. In addition, the high investment risk of private equity funds is also related to the poor liquidity of equity investment.

Public Offering of Fund refers to a fund that can be sold to the public. And mainly invest in securities investment funds. Public offering funds raise funds through mass communication, and promoters raise and integrate public funds to set up investment funds for securities investment. Under the strict supervision of the law, these funds have industry norms such as information disclosure, profit distribution and operation restrictions.