Record sums of unspent capital, cheap debt and highly favourable borrowing terms have pushed the value of global private equity transactions to $212bn, its highest level since the boom years of a decade ago.
Buyout values surged nearly 25 per cent in the first nine months of the year, representing just under one-tenth of total M&A dealmaking, according to data from Thomson Reuters, with activity in the US and Europe at its strongest since 2007 when it reached $526bn in the same period.
Worldwide M&A activity totalled $2.4tn during the year-to-date 2017, up 2 per cent compared with the same period last year.
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