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Why the secondaries surge?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Secondaries fundraising continues apace, gathering another $26.3 billion through early Q4. That puts 2018 slightly behind last…
Read MoreThe chart that never goes down
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Between 2004 and 2008—considered by many to be the boom days of private equity—PE’s combined company inventory…
Read MoreCan today’s multiples withstand a downturn?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Middle-market purchase price multiples have nearly doubled since 2009. To be sure, most metrics and indicators have…
Read MoreBarreling toward a record
Download PitchBook’s Report here. US middle market PE activity is set to break records this year. Through Q3, more than 2,000…
Read MoreAre SBOs a drag on fund performance?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Secondary buyouts are one of the most critiqued aspects of the private equity industry. But SBOs aren’t…
Read MoreForeign investment in the spotlight
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Foreign PE investment in US-based companies has been strong going back to 2014. And consistent. Since 2014,…
Read MorePE fundraising trending down
Download PitchBook’s Report here. The PE fundraising trail hasn’t been too difficult to navigate lately. For one, most newly raised funds…
Read MorePE firms are no longer clubbing
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Club deals are something of a sticky issue in the private equity world. PE firms themselves don’t…
Read MoreAre the good times over?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Private equity’s calling card, from its early days in the 80s through the mid-2000s, has been its…
Read MoreGP stakes investing—a new trend, or market timing?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Last week we discussed the rising trend of GP stake sales, which are now officially in record…
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