75 percent of private equity investors worldwide expect net returns of between 11 and 20 percent within three to five years, according to Coller Capital’s survey of 105 investors. In the short term, limited partners in Asia, Europe and the United States expect buyouts to provide the best returns.

43.1 percent of the venture capitalists surveyed by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association believe the venture market is “on the upswing, but uncertainty remains.” Nearly 45 percent feel that they are “beginning to see an upswing,” while only 1.7 percent think that conditions are “fully on the upswing.”

76 hours a month are spent online by the average affluent American, according to a Nielsen NetRatings survey. Internet use is growing more quickly in this demographic than any other, the survey reports. The most popular websites for affluent men are Fidelity Investments and Sabre Travel Network. For women, they are AOL Travel and Moviefone.

12 percent of venture  capitalists and private equity investors expect to exit their investments through IPOs, according to Deloitte’s Canadian Private Equity Outlook survey. This figure was only 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2003. Some 84 percent of respondents indicated they anticipate cashing out via mergers and acquisitions.

75 percent is the affluent client satisfaction score for A.G. Edwards, placing it first in Phoenix Marketing International’s latest rankings. Vanguard and Edward Jones followed, both with scores of 70. Phoenix also ranked financial services firms by affluent market share. The top five were Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab, Merrill Lynch, Vanguard and Morgan Stanley.