First Half 2014, investments drop ten percent in Latin America

nytimes.com reported private equity and venture capital investments in Latin America dropped by 10 percent in the first half of this year compared with figures in the period a year earlier, the Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association said on Thursday.

Investments totaled $2.6 billion, compared with $2.9 billion during the first half of 2013, the association, which is based in New York, said in a midyear survey, which is largely dependent on self-reporting by investors. Read Article