Big leveraged buyouts are back, and this year’s crop might just be a taste of things to come.
Private-equity firms have announced a record $944.4 billion worth of buyouts in the U.S. so far this year, 2.5 times the volume in the same period last year and more than double that of the previous peak in 2007, according to Dealogic. So far this year, there have been five $10 billion-plus deals in the U.S., equaling the total in all of 2007, though still below the high-water mark of nine in 2006.
Climate was trending
More private-equity firms, large and small, are adding environmental, social and governance factors into deal-making and due-diligence processes.
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Some of the biggest private-equity players, such as KKR & Co., Carlyle Group and Blackstone Inc., have long incorporated ESG issues into their deal due-diligence processes.
Source: Wall Street Journal
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