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Question

J.P. Morgan Chase spent 18 months on an $800m private-equity-linked structure before putting it on ice, for lack of demand.
It does not help that insurers have lost their appetite for insuring private equity, after some well-publicized write-downs on banks' private-equity portfolios.

Answer 1

因需求不足，摩根大通在8亿美元及其相关的私人股本上花了18个月后，就将它冻结

在广泛宣传地冲减银行的私人股票投资组合之后，保险公司已经失去了对投保私人股本的欲望
It does not help that这句还要看语境能不能联系的

Answer 2

第一段：JP摩根大通用了18个月，8亿美元的私人资本冻结，然后才将它解冻，需求不足。

第二段：它没有帮助，保险公司对保险失去了私人股本他们的食欲，经过广泛宣传写在银行私人股本投资组合波动。