Have your say in the China Awards
As anyone who has been reading AVCJ’s coverage in recent months will know, China fundraising disappointed in 2012. Country-focused funds attracted just $23.4 billion, down 51.3% on the previous year. The damage was done in the second half, and mainly by renminbi-denominated vehicles. After attracting $15.7 billion in the first six months, local currency funds got just $4.2 billion in second six months.
So where does this leave us for the 2013 AVCJ China Awards? We have separate categories for US dollar and renminbi fundraising and, based on the headline statistics, pickings for the latter should be pretty...
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