This is what’s in the news for Monday April 2, 2012. The Wall Street Journal reports in Q1, 174 companies worldwide launched IPOs, raising $16.5B, down 43% from the same period in 2011 when measured by the number of deals, and down 63% by dollar value, according to Dealogic. Reuters reports a private equity arm of Goldman Sachs (GS) may launch a $3B property debt fund to take advantage of a growing shortage of real estate financing across the U.K. and Europe, according to the Times. Bloomberg reports the best Q1 gain for the S&P’s 500 Index since 1998 pushed U.S. stocks above gold by the most in over a decade, signaling increasing investor confidence in corporate profits. Finally, Bloomberg also reports the worst is over for the $10T U.S. Treasury market following the biggest quarterly rout since 2010, according to Wall Street’s biggest bond trading firms.