Buyout Boom Gains Steam in Record Year for Private Equity

Buyout Boom Gains Steam in Record Year for Private Equity

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...