Assertion: private equity firm | /r/CapableOf | seek to take advantage
Facets:
value: at the start of the year
type: TEMPORAL
value: of improved market conditions
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Global exit activity totalled $252bn in 2011, practically unchanged from the previous year, but well up on 2008 and 2009 as private equity firms sought to take advantage of improved market conditions at the start of the year to realise investments.