Private Equity Deal Volume Hits 2-Year High

Private equity deal volume his a two-year high last month, according to new numbers from Thomson Reuters. There was $27.4 billion of announced activity -- including the $4.6 billion deal for Tomkins PLC -- which was the largest level since $30.4 billion of announced activity in July 2008. Overall, PE-sponsored deals represented 15% of global M&A. You can get both global M&A and PE-backed M&A data after the jump:

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