This reduces margins but in the context of a growing world economy so equity markets would have no problem.
According to Samuel Deane, co-founder of Deane Financial in New York City, there's no doubt home ownership can offer plenty of advantages, including the chance to grow equity and claim tax deductions.
Last week's merger of Sears and Kmart, two big American retailers, was led by Kmart's private-equity owner, Edward Lampert's ESL Investments (one of a growing band of hedge funds that are also doing private-equity deals).
But perhaps the biggest challenge India faces is one the U.S. appears ill-equipped to assist: how to "grow equity," as one of India's corporate leaders told me.
The deal is the largest of a growing string of real estate investment trust privatizations by institutional investors and private equity groups.
At the same time, a growing number of private equity firms have sought to capitalize on depressed share prices of Chinese companies by making buyout offers.
A growing number of private equity deals have fallen apart since last summer, owing to the collapsed credit markets, regulatory roadblocks or problems within one of the companies.
The two firms, among the 20 largest in the world in 2011, according to the research group and trade publication Private Equity International, join a growing list of large private equity operations that have offered stakes to the public in recent years.
Health equity is a growing priority of the WHO and its Member States, especially as countries work toward achieving the post-2015 SDGs.
And now I am again running a growing company, with an equity stake in it.
