Personal-equity corporations had a blockbuster yr for deal making, largely pushed by expertise investments.
As of mid-December, private-equity corporations had introduced backing U.S. expertise offers totaling $401.71 billion, together with new purchases, asset gross sales and add-on offers, in response to information supplier Dealogic. That accounted for 41% of a document $990.25 billion in general private-equity offers via mid-December, Dealogic stated.