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Cita de: Derby en Julio 22, 2025, 22:53:43 pmhttps://www.ft.com/content/b3e73b22-2497-4eba-a609-54a9b0098be1CitarChina land sales in smaller cities hit lowest level in a decadeSlump in transactions highlights difficulty of reviving national property marketChina is trying to revive a real estate market that for years has provided local governments with vital revenue and anchored economic growth © Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesLand sales across smaller and less wealthy Chinese cities have fallen to their lowest levels since at least 2011, highlighting the bleak prospects for a full recovery across a national real estate market mired in a slowdown.Data from financial information provider Wind shows the total value of all land transactions in third-tier mainland Chinese cities, as ranked by population and economic development, fell 4 per cent to Rmb362bn ($50bn) in the first half of this year on the same period last year, despite a slight rise in sales for residential use.The value of land transactions, including for residential, commercial and other uses, slipped to Rmb87bn in fourth-tier cities and Rmb51bn in fifth-tier cities — both also the lowest since Wind began compiling the data series in 2011.The data showed that across 337 cities in China, sales rose 8 per cent to Rmb1.2tn in the first half, fuelled by increased activity in first- and second-tier urban areas. But after a collapse in volumes that began in 2021, the total was still the fourth-lowest recorded by Wind.The worsening picture outside the largest and wealthiest cities points to the challenge for policymakers in Beijing as they try to revive a real estate market that for years anchored economic growth and provided local authorities with vital revenue.“I think the issues will be persistent,” said Jeff Zhang, an analyst at investment research company Morningstar, pointing to “suppressed demand” in lower-tier cities, where developers were unwilling to use their land banks while still offloading existing properties. “There is a huge inventory of homes that is already there”.China’s property market has struggled to rebound from a slump now well into its fourth year. New home prices across 70 cities dropped 0.3 per cent month on month in June, despite a host of government measures aimed to restore confidence and recent signs of a slower pace of decline in richer urban areas.Lower-tier cities, where governments often rely on land sales for revenue, are seen as particularly vulnerable to excessive housing supply following a construction boom that spectacularly imploded in 2021.Beijing has launched a series of measures targeting mortgage rates to boost demand, as well as pushing for the completion of unfinished projects and pledging to convert unused properties into social housing. Last year, Goldman Sachs estimated that China had Rmb30tn of unsold housing inventory, including land and completed apartments.Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, said in a report this month that despite government efforts to support the market last September, “the downward spiral in low-tier cities [is] almost unchanged”. A high proportion of land sales now took place in just 10 cities, he added.State-owned developers have focused heavily on the first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, where the Wind data showed land sales rising 30 per cent year on year by value in the first half of the year. Analysts at HSBC have said “high-end markets are thriving”.But in lower-tier cities, the contrast is sharp.“I don’t think any major developers will go into those cities,” said Lulu Shi, an analyst at Fitch ratings, of weaker third- and fourth-tier areas. “The only remaining developers that do business in those cities are local ones, and most of them are constructing existing projects,” she added.In a report on China’s property slowdown, Goldman Sachs analysts said they expected “substantial regional divergences”. The US bank forecasts “broad property price stabilisation” in higher-tier cities by the end of next year.Land sales are an important source of income for local governments. Official data shows that Chinese local governments’ income from land sales fell 12 per cent year on year to Rmb1.1tn to the end of May, the lowest level since 2016.“The actual slump could be much worse than the reported data suggest,” said Nomura’s Lu, who estimated that the “lion’s share” of land purchases was by local government financing vehicles — state-owned companies that borrow to invest in real estate.“Essentially, local governments have been selling land to themselves to stabilise local land markets, especially in low-tier cities that are unable to attract real bidders other than their own LGFVs,” he said.Por el momento están haciendo todos los pasos correctos. Ahora mismo china es el país más importante del mundo en términos económicos, precisamente porque se centra en fabricación industrial en lugar de en finanzas turismo o asuntos inmobiliarios. Los próximos Erasmus van a ser o a Alemania o a China, si todo sigue así. Lo que quede de España se va a convertir en un híbrido entre Argentina y Venezuela.
https://www.ft.com/content/b3e73b22-2497-4eba-a609-54a9b0098be1CitarChina land sales in smaller cities hit lowest level in a decadeSlump in transactions highlights difficulty of reviving national property marketChina is trying to revive a real estate market that for years has provided local governments with vital revenue and anchored economic growth © Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesLand sales across smaller and less wealthy Chinese cities have fallen to their lowest levels since at least 2011, highlighting the bleak prospects for a full recovery across a national real estate market mired in a slowdown.Data from financial information provider Wind shows the total value of all land transactions in third-tier mainland Chinese cities, as ranked by population and economic development, fell 4 per cent to Rmb362bn ($50bn) in the first half of this year on the same period last year, despite a slight rise in sales for residential use.The value of land transactions, including for residential, commercial and other uses, slipped to Rmb87bn in fourth-tier cities and Rmb51bn in fifth-tier cities — both also the lowest since Wind began compiling the data series in 2011.The data showed that across 337 cities in China, sales rose 8 per cent to Rmb1.2tn in the first half, fuelled by increased activity in first- and second-tier urban areas. But after a collapse in volumes that began in 2021, the total was still the fourth-lowest recorded by Wind.The worsening picture outside the largest and wealthiest cities points to the challenge for policymakers in Beijing as they try to revive a real estate market that for years anchored economic growth and provided local authorities with vital revenue.“I think the issues will be persistent,” said Jeff Zhang, an analyst at investment research company Morningstar, pointing to “suppressed demand” in lower-tier cities, where developers were unwilling to use their land banks while still offloading existing properties. “There is a huge inventory of homes that is already there”.China’s property market has struggled to rebound from a slump now well into its fourth year. New home prices across 70 cities dropped 0.3 per cent month on month in June, despite a host of government measures aimed to restore confidence and recent signs of a slower pace of decline in richer urban areas.Lower-tier cities, where governments often rely on land sales for revenue, are seen as particularly vulnerable to excessive housing supply following a construction boom that spectacularly imploded in 2021.Beijing has launched a series of measures targeting mortgage rates to boost demand, as well as pushing for the completion of unfinished projects and pledging to convert unused properties into social housing. Last year, Goldman Sachs estimated that China had Rmb30tn of unsold housing inventory, including land and completed apartments.Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, said in a report this month that despite government efforts to support the market last September, “the downward spiral in low-tier cities [is] almost unchanged”. A high proportion of land sales now took place in just 10 cities, he added.State-owned developers have focused heavily on the first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, where the Wind data showed land sales rising 30 per cent year on year by value in the first half of the year. Analysts at HSBC have said “high-end markets are thriving”.But in lower-tier cities, the contrast is sharp.“I don’t think any major developers will go into those cities,” said Lulu Shi, an analyst at Fitch ratings, of weaker third- and fourth-tier areas. “The only remaining developers that do business in those cities are local ones, and most of them are constructing existing projects,” she added.In a report on China’s property slowdown, Goldman Sachs analysts said they expected “substantial regional divergences”. The US bank forecasts “broad property price stabilisation” in higher-tier cities by the end of next year.Land sales are an important source of income for local governments. Official data shows that Chinese local governments’ income from land sales fell 12 per cent year on year to Rmb1.1tn to the end of May, the lowest level since 2016.“The actual slump could be much worse than the reported data suggest,” said Nomura’s Lu, who estimated that the “lion’s share” of land purchases was by local government financing vehicles — state-owned companies that borrow to invest in real estate.“Essentially, local governments have been selling land to themselves to stabilise local land markets, especially in low-tier cities that are unable to attract real bidders other than their own LGFVs,” he said.
China land sales in smaller cities hit lowest level in a decadeSlump in transactions highlights difficulty of reviving national property marketChina is trying to revive a real estate market that for years has provided local governments with vital revenue and anchored economic growth © Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesLand sales across smaller and less wealthy Chinese cities have fallen to their lowest levels since at least 2011, highlighting the bleak prospects for a full recovery across a national real estate market mired in a slowdown.Data from financial information provider Wind shows the total value of all land transactions in third-tier mainland Chinese cities, as ranked by population and economic development, fell 4 per cent to Rmb362bn ($50bn) in the first half of this year on the same period last year, despite a slight rise in sales for residential use.The value of land transactions, including for residential, commercial and other uses, slipped to Rmb87bn in fourth-tier cities and Rmb51bn in fifth-tier cities — both also the lowest since Wind began compiling the data series in 2011.The data showed that across 337 cities in China, sales rose 8 per cent to Rmb1.2tn in the first half, fuelled by increased activity in first- and second-tier urban areas. But after a collapse in volumes that began in 2021, the total was still the fourth-lowest recorded by Wind.The worsening picture outside the largest and wealthiest cities points to the challenge for policymakers in Beijing as they try to revive a real estate market that for years anchored economic growth and provided local authorities with vital revenue.“I think the issues will be persistent,” said Jeff Zhang, an analyst at investment research company Morningstar, pointing to “suppressed demand” in lower-tier cities, where developers were unwilling to use their land banks while still offloading existing properties. “There is a huge inventory of homes that is already there”.China’s property market has struggled to rebound from a slump now well into its fourth year. New home prices across 70 cities dropped 0.3 per cent month on month in June, despite a host of government measures aimed to restore confidence and recent signs of a slower pace of decline in richer urban areas.Lower-tier cities, where governments often rely on land sales for revenue, are seen as particularly vulnerable to excessive housing supply following a construction boom that spectacularly imploded in 2021.Beijing has launched a series of measures targeting mortgage rates to boost demand, as well as pushing for the completion of unfinished projects and pledging to convert unused properties into social housing. Last year, Goldman Sachs estimated that China had Rmb30tn of unsold housing inventory, including land and completed apartments.Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, said in a report this month that despite government efforts to support the market last September, “the downward spiral in low-tier cities [is] almost unchanged”. A high proportion of land sales now took place in just 10 cities, he added.State-owned developers have focused heavily on the first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, where the Wind data showed land sales rising 30 per cent year on year by value in the first half of the year. Analysts at HSBC have said “high-end markets are thriving”.But in lower-tier cities, the contrast is sharp.“I don’t think any major developers will go into those cities,” said Lulu Shi, an analyst at Fitch ratings, of weaker third- and fourth-tier areas. “The only remaining developers that do business in those cities are local ones, and most of them are constructing existing projects,” she added.In a report on China’s property slowdown, Goldman Sachs analysts said they expected “substantial regional divergences”. The US bank forecasts “broad property price stabilisation” in higher-tier cities by the end of next year.Land sales are an important source of income for local governments. Official data shows that Chinese local governments’ income from land sales fell 12 per cent year on year to Rmb1.1tn to the end of May, the lowest level since 2016.“The actual slump could be much worse than the reported data suggest,” said Nomura’s Lu, who estimated that the “lion’s share” of land purchases was by local government financing vehicles — state-owned companies that borrow to invest in real estate.“Essentially, local governments have been selling land to themselves to stabilise local land markets, especially in low-tier cities that are unable to attract real bidders other than their own LGFVs,” he said.
Cita de: Currobena en Julio 23, 2025, 08:25:20 amCita de: Derby en Julio 22, 2025, 22:53:43 pmhttps://www.ft.com/content/b3e73b22-2497-4eba-a609-54a9b0098be1CitarChina land sales in smaller cities hit lowest level in a decadeSlump in transactions highlights difficulty of reviving national property marketChina is trying to revive a real estate market that for years has provided local governments with vital revenue and anchored economic growth © Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesLand sales across smaller and less wealthy Chinese cities have fallen to their lowest levels since at least 2011, highlighting the bleak prospects for a full recovery across a national real estate market mired in a slowdown.Data from financial information provider Wind shows the total value of all land transactions in third-tier mainland Chinese cities, as ranked by population and economic development, fell 4 per cent to Rmb362bn ($50bn) in the first half of this year on the same period last year, despite a slight rise in sales for residential use.The value of land transactions, including for residential, commercial and other uses, slipped to Rmb87bn in fourth-tier cities and Rmb51bn in fifth-tier cities — both also the lowest since Wind began compiling the data series in 2011.The data showed that across 337 cities in China, sales rose 8 per cent to Rmb1.2tn in the first half, fuelled by increased activity in first- and second-tier urban areas. But after a collapse in volumes that began in 2021, the total was still the fourth-lowest recorded by Wind.The worsening picture outside the largest and wealthiest cities points to the challenge for policymakers in Beijing as they try to revive a real estate market that for years anchored economic growth and provided local authorities with vital revenue.“I think the issues will be persistent,” said Jeff Zhang, an analyst at investment research company Morningstar, pointing to “suppressed demand” in lower-tier cities, where developers were unwilling to use their land banks while still offloading existing properties. “There is a huge inventory of homes that is already there”.China’s property market has struggled to rebound from a slump now well into its fourth year. New home prices across 70 cities dropped 0.3 per cent month on month in June, despite a host of government measures aimed to restore confidence and recent signs of a slower pace of decline in richer urban areas.Lower-tier cities, where governments often rely on land sales for revenue, are seen as particularly vulnerable to excessive housing supply following a construction boom that spectacularly imploded in 2021.Beijing has launched a series of measures targeting mortgage rates to boost demand, as well as pushing for the completion of unfinished projects and pledging to convert unused properties into social housing. Last year, Goldman Sachs estimated that China had Rmb30tn of unsold housing inventory, including land and completed apartments.Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, said in a report this month that despite government efforts to support the market last September, “the downward spiral in low-tier cities [is] almost unchanged”. A high proportion of land sales now took place in just 10 cities, he added.State-owned developers have focused heavily on the first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, where the Wind data showed land sales rising 30 per cent year on year by value in the first half of the year. Analysts at HSBC have said “high-end markets are thriving”.But in lower-tier cities, the contrast is sharp.“I don’t think any major developers will go into those cities,” said Lulu Shi, an analyst at Fitch ratings, of weaker third- and fourth-tier areas. “The only remaining developers that do business in those cities are local ones, and most of them are constructing existing projects,” she added.In a report on China’s property slowdown, Goldman Sachs analysts said they expected “substantial regional divergences”. The US bank forecasts “broad property price stabilisation” in higher-tier cities by the end of next year.Land sales are an important source of income for local governments. Official data shows that Chinese local governments’ income from land sales fell 12 per cent year on year to Rmb1.1tn to the end of May, the lowest level since 2016.“The actual slump could be much worse than the reported data suggest,” said Nomura’s Lu, who estimated that the “lion’s share” of land purchases was by local government financing vehicles — state-owned companies that borrow to invest in real estate.“Essentially, local governments have been selling land to themselves to stabilise local land markets, especially in low-tier cities that are unable to attract real bidders other than their own LGFVs,” he said.Por el momento están haciendo todos los pasos correctos. Ahora mismo China es el país más importante del mundo en términos económicos, precisamente porque se centra en fabricación industrial en lugar de en finanzas, turismo o asuntos inmobiliarios. Los próximos Erasmus van a ser o a Alemania o a China, si todo sigue así. Lo que quede de España se va a convertir en un híbrido entre Argentina y Venezuela.
Cita de: Derby en Julio 22, 2025, 22:53:43 pmhttps://www.ft.com/content/b3e73b22-2497-4eba-a609-54a9b0098be1CitarChina land sales in smaller cities hit lowest level in a decadeSlump in transactions highlights difficulty of reviving national property marketChina is trying to revive a real estate market that for years has provided local governments with vital revenue and anchored economic growth © Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesLand sales across smaller and less wealthy Chinese cities have fallen to their lowest levels since at least 2011, highlighting the bleak prospects for a full recovery across a national real estate market mired in a slowdown.Data from financial information provider Wind shows the total value of all land transactions in third-tier mainland Chinese cities, as ranked by population and economic development, fell 4 per cent to Rmb362bn ($50bn) in the first half of this year on the same period last year, despite a slight rise in sales for residential use.The value of land transactions, including for residential, commercial and other uses, slipped to Rmb87bn in fourth-tier cities and Rmb51bn in fifth-tier cities — both also the lowest since Wind began compiling the data series in 2011.The data showed that across 337 cities in China, sales rose 8 per cent to Rmb1.2tn in the first half, fuelled by increased activity in first- and second-tier urban areas. But after a collapse in volumes that began in 2021, the total was still the fourth-lowest recorded by Wind.The worsening picture outside the largest and wealthiest cities points to the challenge for policymakers in Beijing as they try to revive a real estate market that for years anchored economic growth and provided local authorities with vital revenue.“I think the issues will be persistent,” said Jeff Zhang, an analyst at investment research company Morningstar, pointing to “suppressed demand” in lower-tier cities, where developers were unwilling to use their land banks while still offloading existing properties. “There is a huge inventory of homes that is already there”.China’s property market has struggled to rebound from a slump now well into its fourth year. New home prices across 70 cities dropped 0.3 per cent month on month in June, despite a host of government measures aimed to restore confidence and recent signs of a slower pace of decline in richer urban areas.Lower-tier cities, where governments often rely on land sales for revenue, are seen as particularly vulnerable to excessive housing supply following a construction boom that spectacularly imploded in 2021.Beijing has launched a series of measures targeting mortgage rates to boost demand, as well as pushing for the completion of unfinished projects and pledging to convert unused properties into social housing. Last year, Goldman Sachs estimated that China had Rmb30tn of unsold housing inventory, including land and completed apartments.Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, said in a report this month that despite government efforts to support the market last September, “the downward spiral in low-tier cities [is] almost unchanged”. A high proportion of land sales now took place in just 10 cities, he added.State-owned developers have focused heavily on the first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, where the Wind data showed land sales rising 30 per cent year on year by value in the first half of the year. Analysts at HSBC have said “high-end markets are thriving”.But in lower-tier cities, the contrast is sharp.“I don’t think any major developers will go into those cities,” said Lulu Shi, an analyst at Fitch ratings, of weaker third- and fourth-tier areas. “The only remaining developers that do business in those cities are local ones, and most of them are constructing existing projects,” she added.In a report on China’s property slowdown, Goldman Sachs analysts said they expected “substantial regional divergences”. The US bank forecasts “broad property price stabilisation” in higher-tier cities by the end of next year.Land sales are an important source of income for local governments. Official data shows that Chinese local governments’ income from land sales fell 12 per cent year on year to Rmb1.1tn to the end of May, the lowest level since 2016.“The actual slump could be much worse than the reported data suggest,” said Nomura’s Lu, who estimated that the “lion’s share” of land purchases was by local government financing vehicles — state-owned companies that borrow to invest in real estate.“Essentially, local governments have been selling land to themselves to stabilise local land markets, especially in low-tier cities that are unable to attract real bidders other than their own LGFVs,” he said.Por el momento están haciendo todos los pasos correctos. Ahora mismo China es el país más importante del mundo en términos económicos, precisamente porque se centra en fabricación industrial en lugar de en finanzas, turismo o asuntos inmobiliarios. Los próximos Erasmus van a ser o a Alemania o a China, si todo sigue así. Lo que quede de España se va a convertir en un híbrido entre Argentina y Venezuela.
https://elpais.com/economia/2025-07-21/la-administracion-impartira-un-master-de-dos-anos-a-los-aspirantes-a-funcionarios-superiores-y-se-quedara-con-los-mejores.htmlSaludos.
LOS CRIPTO-BRO USAN MAL EL CONCEPTO DE «ACTIVO SUBYACENTE» Y ESTE ENGAÑO ES PELIGROSÍSISMO, APARTE DE DIFICÍLISMO DE DETECTAR.—Con el tiro en el pie GENIUS que se ha dado el dólar, lógico en su desesperación, nos vamos a hartar de escuchar la palabra subyacente.La idea crítica central es que los activos ficticios —y las 'stablecoins' lo son— ni pueden tener subyacente alguno ni pueden ellos serlo de nada.En finanzas, subyacente se contrapone a colateral.Subyacente es el negocio jurídico secundario que subyace en otro principal, formando una unidad; p. ej., un bono y sus cupones de intereses periódicos.Colateral, por contra, es un negocio jurídico autónomo que se desarrolla al lado de otro negocio jurídico autónomo, con el que tiene alguna vinculación. al lado del otro principal; p. ej., un préstamo y cada una de sus hipotecas, incluso de sus avales.Subyacer: estar debajo de.Colateral: estar a lado de.Decía un amigo mío, de MEFF (Mercado Español de Futuros Financieros): «Subyacente es la parienta; colateral, la cariñosa».Los cripto-bro dan por subyacente lo que ni siquiera es colateral, sino solo respaldo nebuloso.Balance de un emisor de 'stablecoins', cuyo Capital está dividido en 100 participaciones:1.º Recién creadas 100 criptos (momento cero):• Activo No Ficticio = 0• Activo Ficticio = 100 criptos = 0• Pasivo = 0• Capital = 0• Valor contable de 1 participación = 02.º Se vende la primera cripto por un dólar (empiezan a valorarse a 1 $ en el 'mercao', je, je):• Activo No Ficticio = 1 $• Activo Ficticio = 99 criptos = –99 $• Pasivo = 0• Capital = –98 $• Valor contable de 1 participación = –0,98 $3.º Ya tiene vendidas 50 criptos, todas a 1 $:• Activo No Ficticio = 50 $• Activo Ficticio = 50 criptos = –50 $• Pasivo = 0• Capital = 0• Valor contable de 1 participación = 0 (cero), ja, ja, ja4.º Gran éxito de la 'stablecoin', que ahora consigue venderse a 2 $ (quedan 50 unidades):• Activo No Ficticio = 50 + (50 X 2) = 150 $• Activo Ficticio = 0• Pasivo = 0• Capital = 150 $• Valor contable de 1 participación = 1,5 $5.º Fracaso de la 'stablecoin', que solo se vende a 0,50 $:— Los tenedores de cripto venden:• los 50 que compraron a 1 $ han perdido la mitad,• los 50 que compraron a 2 $ han perdido tres cuartas partes.— El emisor no puede —ni quiere— hacer nada (no tiene criptos) y se disuelve:• Capital ÷ Participaciones = 1,5 $ por cada participación («Pusimos 1 $ y hemos sacado 1,5 $, Marujita)».— Para los nuevos tenedores, Desamparo.Ni subyacente ni leches, estafa.Ahora, metan pasivos, por ejemplo, los sueldos de los chicos de DOP (Dinero de Otras Personas): aparece una segunda estafa, la perpetrada contra los partícipes.Ahora desdoblen al emisor en emisor propiamente dicho y comercializadores: ¡el emisor y el primer comercializador pueden estar fuera del timo desde el principio!, no tan exagerado como con las critpomierdas 'tira de la manta', pero casi. Aquí, en este montaje piramidal (lo que sacan es lo que tú metes), señoras, señores, lo único que subyace son las estafas popcap con activos ficticios para 'que se divierta la clase obrera', como la del juego de dinero sin trabajar del Ladrillo, es decir, la estafa de lo que le sobra al precio de la vivienda.
[Toda estafa es sencillísima en el fondo: engaño + daño. Solo hay que quitar lo accesorio, que siempre es lo mismo. Es lo que hacemos con el Ladrillo y las criptos. Recuerden: la clave en las estafas es la retórica engañosa, no el daño —perjuicio económico—. Cuando pides explicaciones y te sueltan una perorata que no la entiende ni su puta madre, ¡catapún!He modificado exposición sobre las cripto (https://www.transicionestructural.net/index.php?topic=2628.msg246255#msg246255) para referirla a todas ellas, no solo a las 'stablecoins', porque no todo el mundo ha tenido por qué leer lo que llevo escrito sobre la materia —por cierto, todo ello entresacado de lo que dice el BCE al respecto—.]
"El turismo significa convertirse en una nación de terratenientes y sirvientes"
Private equity firms flip assets to themselves in record numbersUse of continuation funds to cash out investors comes amid prolonged downturn in dealmakingRobert Smith, chair and chief executive of Vista Equity Partners. In the first half of the year, PE groups such as Vista used multibillion dollar continuation funds to sell down some of their largest investments © Manuel Orbegozo/BloombergPrivate equity firms made record use of a controversial tactic to cash out their clients by selling assets to themselves in the first half of the year, as they struggle to find external buyers or list holdings.Buyout groups used so-called continuation funds — in which a private equity group sells assets from one of the funds they manage to a fresher fund also managed by the firm — to exit $41bn of investments in the first six months of 2025, according to a report by investment bank Jefferies.That was equal to a record 19 per cent of all sales by the industry, and 60 per cent higher than a year ago.The increasing reliance of private equity groups on continuation funds to exit older deals comes as the industry contends with a prolonged downturn in initial public offerings and takeover activity that has squeezed the amount of cash returned to investors.Private equity groups sit on more than $3tn in unsold deals and are nearing four consecutive years in which they have returned only about half the cash investors traditionally expect.“We’re in our third or fourth year of low distributions, the exit environments are challenging and the IPO market is dormant,” said Todd Miller, Jefferies global co-head of secondary advisory.Continuation funds give investors the choice to roll over their investment or to cash out. For their private equity sponsors, they allow the firm to keep portfolio companies beyond the typical 10-year life of a fund, and to crystallise performance fees on the assets sold while collecting a steady stream of management fees from the new fund buying the investments.In the first half of the year, PE groups such as Vista Equity Partners, New Mountain Capital and Inflexion used multibillion dollar continuation funds to sell down some of their largest investments.Vista raised a record $5.6bn continuation fund to sell a large existing stake in IT firm Cloud Software Group to a newer fund it manages, while Inflexion sold stakes in four deals, including industrial company Aspen Pumps and Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, a UK pharma business, for £2.3bn. Both deals locked in large gains for investors choosing to sell their stakes.“Now this is a bona fide exit route for every [fund manager] out there,” said Scott Beckelman, global co-head of secondary advisory at Jefferies. “We expect most sponsors will plan to do one or two of these out of every fund they raise, it’ll be a regular exit that they underwrite.”The report from Jefferies found that the secondary market, where both buyout firms and their institutional investors can trade stakes in existing assets, exploded in the first half of this year.More than $100bn of sales took place, an increase of almost 50 per cent from the same period last year. Slightly more than half of that came from fund investors — known as limited partners — selling their holdings.Continuation funds have drawn concern from some investors as a tactic for recycling capital, even as their popularity has surged, with an increasing number of institutional investors opting out of them.Beckelman said continuation funds would continue to gain popularity as a way for so-called financial sponsors to maintain ownership of their best investments, although the structure is also used to house less well-performing assets.“We’ve seen continuation vehicles be applied when the sponsor has a great asset that they’ve owned for a period of time and produced good results, but they have a longer term path to benefit from that compounding ownership,” he said.But a recent report from Bain & Co, considered an authority in the industry, still showed that almost two-thirds of investors in private equity funds would prefer groups sell down investments the conventional way through sales to companies or initial public offerings. Just one-sixth of investors said they preferred continuation funds.
Trump: Housing lagging because of PowellUnited States President Donald Trump once again criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday, saying that the country's housing sector is "lagging" because of his refusal to lower interest rates."Our interest rates should be three points lower than they are now, which would save us $1 trillion annually (as a country). This stubborn guy at the Fed just doesn't get it — he never did, and he never will," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.He called on the Federal Reserve Board to act, complaining that it "lack the courage to do so!"
Trump Media Buys $2 Billion in Bitcoin for Crypto Treasury PlanTrump Media & Technology Group Corp., the firm behind Truth Social, has acquired about $2 billion in Bitcoin and related securities as part of its previously announced plan to become a crypto treasury company.In addition, about $300 million in capital was allocated to an options acquisition strategy for Bitcoin-related securities, the company said in a statementMonday. Trump Media plans to continue acquiring Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related assets and to convert its options into Bitcoin, depending on market conditions.In May, Trump Media joined the scores of companies emulating the crypto treasury strategy pioneered by Michael Saylor’s Strategy. It’s not the only company linked to the President Donald Trump’s family that has jumped to the Bitcoin treasury play. PSQ Holdings, a firm that counts Donald Trump Jr. as a board member, also announced plans to explore a digital asset treasury strategy.“These assets help ensure our company’s financial freedom, help protect us against discrimination by financial institutions, and will create synergies with the utility token we’re planning to introduce across the Truth Social ecosphere,” said Devin Nunes, chief executive officer and president of Trump Media, in the press release.The Sarasota, Florida-based company said it will also use its Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related securities to generate revenue and potentially “acquire additional crypto assets.” Shares of Trump Media jumped more then 7% in pre-market trading following the announcement. The stock has slumped around 45% so far this year.
EU, US said to near 15% tariff dealThe European Union and the US administration are nearing a 15% tariff deal, according to a report on Wednesday by the Financial Times, citing people with knowledge of the matter.Three individuals familiar with the developments reported to the newspaper that Brussels is advocating for the deal to prevent a tariff increase to 30%, as previously suggested by President Donald Trump. The measure is expected to take effect from August 1.However, the European Commission reportedly briefed envoys on Wednesday after discussions with the American representatives. It is also indicated that both sides might eliminate tariffs on certain goods, such as aircraft, spirits, and medical devices.