(Opalesque) A total of 5,106 private equity-backed buyout deals were announced through 2018, an all-time record, building on the previous record of 4,829 seen in 2017, said a latest report by Preqin. According to Preqin Insights the total value of these deals also rose to reach $456bn – this is close to the $460bn seen in 2015, and may surpass it given that Preqin expects these figures to rise by up to 5% as more information becomes available. Nonetheless, 2018 remains some way off the all-time record deal values seen immediately prior to the Global Financial Crisis: 2007 recorded $700bn in deal making from 3,877 deals, said the report.
A bumper year for private equity buyout deals in 2018: Preqin
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