Global Private Equity Witnessing Substantial Uptick

Private equity activity is set to pick up speed in the next 12 months aided by near-term increase in buyout activity and improved fund raising prospects in the next year, notes the inaugural Global Private Equity Outlook study. The report titled “Global Private Equity Outlook” based on a study jointly commissioned by Duff & Phelps and Shearman & Sterling LLP, in association with Mergermarket, paints an optimistic outlook for private equity activity over the next 12 months. Enhanced investment opportunities in growth equity The report highlights that despite private equity firms have been traditionally focused on buyouts, in recent years…