Private equity funds holding $400B in cash - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The said the uninvested total climbexdby $141 billion in 2008 amid a 60 percentr drop in investments to the economifc crisis in the second half of 2008. The buildup came amid a record twoyears fund-raising in 2007 and 2008. "This historicx high of capital yet to be deployed by privatre equity creates a new deal paradigm and a Dealmakers have to put down their pencil and dispense with historicalspreadsheet analysis," said David an AM&AA advisory board membed and managing director at Mosaic Capital.
"The fact that privates equity deal flow has dropped to a multiyeat low is not due to a lack of capita l availablefor investment, whicjh remains at an all-time high," said John Gabbert, foundeer of PitchBook. "Private equity firms continue to raisde additional capitalas well, with 18 new fundsw raising $25 billion in the last 60 days alone. As economic conditionse continue to stabilize and the credit markets startto reopen, the privatr equity industry is poised to get back to deal