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New numbers from private equity software provider Efront add to the narrative that investment from institutions such as private equity funds and sovereign wealth funds is slowing.

As reported in the Financial Times, Efront found that private equity firms only used about 1% of their capital in the last three months of 2017, compared with 5% in 2006, quarter on quarter. The data in its survey was anonymised, but Efront's clients include such investors Calpers in the US and Adia in the Middle East.

Separately a report by Preqin also captured a decline in private equity investment flows, in this case in the commercial real estate space specifically.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.