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Pepperdine Private Capital Access Index

Pepperdine Private Capital Markets in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet

2013 Small Business Economic Forecast and Pepperdine Private Capital Access Index Quarterly Report

Second Quarter 2013
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PCA Index Q2 2013

Privately held businesses continue to find it difficult to raise new financing in the current business environment, according to 59 percent of small business owners who responded in the second quarter survey results. Only 33 percent of those who applied for business loans from a bank were successful. The research also shows that many small business owners are tapping into their personal assets to fill financing gaps with 41% of business owners saying they transferred personal assets to their business over the last three months.

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About the Pepperdine Private Capital Access Index

Research conducted by the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project, the PCA Index is a quarterly indicator produced by the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. The index will be released for the first time in late summer 2012. The purpose of the PCA Index is to gauge the demand of small and medium-sized businesses for financing needs, the level of accessibility of private capital, and the transparency and efficiency of private financing markets.

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