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The Pulse of Private Equity – 9/1/2014
PE Firms Pumping out the Cash U.S. PE firms distributed about $98 billion more back to investors than they called…
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Secondary Buyouts – An Obvious Solution The above graph suggests that 2014 is set to decline in terms of secondary…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 8/11/2014
More but Less More The private equity industry during the first half of 2014 has acquired 2.1 companies for every…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 8/4/2014
The Fundraising Trail is OPEN The private equity fundraising trail has been wide open of late, with the last four…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 7/28/2014
Not that long ago, it would seem strange to see news of a private equity firm buying a venture-backed company;…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 7/21/2014
Despite all the talk of a “playground” in Europe for private equity buyers, we aren’t seeing the kinds of deal…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 7/14/2014
Secondary Buyout Activity Secondary buyout activity seems to be declining somewhat thus far in 2014, with only 230 recorded in…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 7/7/2014
We have been pointing out the growing increase in Add-on activity for years, but it only continues to go up…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 6/30/2014
With a total of 483 U.S. deals being completed in the second quarter, private equity deal activity notched a decline…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 6/23/2014
Over the last several years the biggest opportunity for PE firms was in solid companies that were struggling with generating…
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