Private equity firms writing bigger buyout checks: Reuters

Private equity firms are writing bigger equity checks to finance new buyouts as leveraged lending guidelines issued by U.S. regulators curb the amount of debt that banks are willing or able to lend, Reuters reported. Permira and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board provided an equity check of around 50 percent to finance the US$5.3 billion buyout of Informatica, which shows that investors are changing the way they finance deals to suit more sober times.

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