INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Global private equity funds did a record performance in 2018, topping an impressive surge in the value of investments in the past five years
Limited partners (LPs, or investors) remained highly enthusiastic and continued to pump fresh capital into the market, according to the 10th
annual Global Private Equity Report by management consultancy firm Bain Co
The performance owed much to an upswing in public-to-private transactions, which globally recorded their highest value since the previous
With 1,146 transactions valued at $378 billion, exit activity came in on par with 2017
The robust performance brought total disclosed exit value since 2014 to $2 trillion, by far the largest five-year total on record, said the
impacting decision-making
These risks are raising the bar for the buyer to do great due diligence, which involves integrating both the commercial and operational
The build-up of excess capital is putting pressure on PE firms to find deals, but the good news is that buyout firms hold 67 per cent of
their dry powder in funds raised over the last two years, the report added.
Fund managers raised $714 billion from investors during the year
Buyout funds continued to draw the biggest share of capital, but investor interest during this record stretch has been broad and deep,
