Buyout kings seek U.S. partnerships as deal prices rise - Reuters
Private equity firms are increasingly seeking to partner with U.S. companies rather than buying them outright, as they struggle to find ways to put their huge piles of money to work at a time when frothy markets have made takeovers expensive, reports Reuters. Major U.S. buyout shops, such as Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) and Carlyle Group LP (CG.O), are looking at deals such as minority investments in companies or partnerships with companies looking to make an acquisition -- types of transactions that they largely shunned before the financial crisis of 2008.
3 January 2014•5 mins read
