Private equity funds grab smaller slice of M&A deals - Reuters
Buyout firms are finding it harder to take part in mergers and acquisitions as the lure of stronger equity markets persuades more funds seeking to exit assets to try their luck with a public share sale or turn to cash-rich corporate buyers, reports Reuters. Private equity-backed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fell by almost a third to US$55.2 billion from a year ago, Thomson Reuters' quarterly data showed on Friday.
31 March 2014•3 mins read
