Private Equity Deal Volume Doubles in Q3
The third quarter ends in just a few hours, so we'll jump the gun with official deal data from Thomson Reuters (which just happens to be our publisher). Global private equity volume came in at over $37.84 billion for 641 deals, compared to $15.92 billion for 573 deals during the previous quarter. This easily represents the busiest quarter for private equity since Q3 2008, when over $55 billion was transacted. (Note: The Q3 figure includes agreed-upon deals that have not yet closed, like Skype). It's important to keep the bump in context, however, by emphasizing that private equity activity during the first nine months of 2009 is 66.9% lower than it was during the first nine months of
1 October 2009•1 min read
