Private equity fund raising rules are as follows:
(1) Private fund managers and private fund sales institutions shall not raise funds from units and individuals other than qualified investors, and shall not publicize and promote them to unspecified objects through newspapers, radio, television, internet and other public media or lectures, reports, analysis meetings and notices, leaflets, short messages, WeChat, blogs and emails.
(2) Private fund managers and private fund sales organizations shall not promise investors that the investment principal will not be lost or promise the minimum expected annualized expected return.
(3) Private fund managers and private fund sales organizations shall evaluate investors' risk identification ability and risk-taking ability through questionnaires, and investors shall make a written commitment to meet the requirements of qualified investors; A risk disclosure statement shall be made and signed by the investor for confirmation.
(4) When a private fund manager sells a private fund by himself or entrusts a sales organization to sell a private fund, he shall conduct a risk rating on the private fund by himself or entrusts a third-party organization, and recommend the private fund to investors with matching risk identification ability and risk-taking ability.
(5) Investors shall truthfully fill in the questionnaire on risk identification ability and tolerance, truthfully promise assets or income, and be responsible for its authenticity, accuracy and completeness. Those who fill in false information or provide false commitment documents shall bear corresponding responsibilities.
(6) Investors shall ensure that the sources of investment funds are legal and shall not illegally raise other people's funds to invest in private equity funds.
Private equity fund raising methods:
Private equity funds raise funds through non-public means.
In the United States, children's funds and pension funds in Public Offering of Fund generally attract customers by advertising through public media. According to relevant regulations, private equity funds are not allowed to use any media to advertise, and their participants mainly join through so-called "reliable investment information" or direct knowledge of fund managers. In terms of fundraising targets, private equity funds only target a few specific investors, and the circle is small but not low.
For example, in the United States, hedge funds have very strict regulations on participants: if they participate in the name of individuals, their annual income in the last two years will be at least $200,000; If you participate in the name of the family, the family's income in the past two years is at least 300,000 US dollars; If you participate in the name of an institution, its net assets will be at least $6,543,800+0,000, and the number of participants will be limited accordingly. Therefore, the investment goal of private equity funds is very strong, which is more like an investment service product tailored for middle-class investors.