The time is fast approaching when it will be hard to spend all the money going into buyout funds. ...
The time is fast approaching when it will be hard to spend all the money going into buyout funds. The private-equity industry is receiving vast sums right now. Last month, London-based CVC Capital Partners started raising a planned L5bn ($6.3bn) for a new fund and in March, Carlyle Group said it attracted $7.85bn for the world's biggest fund at the time. The record did not last long as in April, Goldman Sachs Group said it pulled in $8.5bn for its latest buyout fund. Meanwhile, Warburg Pincus plans to reach as much as $7.8bn this year in the same business and Blackstone Group LP Preside...
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