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Bain & Company's 2024 Midyear Report highlights that private equity deal trends are starting to stabilize, showing a glimmer of hope for increased exit deal activity in 2025.
Bain & Company's 2024 Midyear Report highlights that
private equity deal trends are starting to stabilize, showing a
glimmer of hope for increased exit deal activity in 2025.
The depressed deal activity of the last two years has led to
slower than expected fund distributions to investors and this has
added further stress to private equity firms' fundraising
efforts.
While the backlog for private equity-backed company exits
clears, funds are facing more nuanced negotiations about closing
and new operational risks and burdens.
Today, at least one in five buyout funds is closing under its
target (a ratio that is likely to go up before it comes down), and
it's not uncommon for funds to miss those objectives by over
20%.
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