bain - 2021 global private equity report
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Bain & Company’s 2021 Global Private Equity Report reviews how the PE industry weathered the Covid-19 shock in 2020 and accelerated into 2021. It documents investment, exit and fundraising patterns (noting $592B in buyout deal value and a 24% drop in deal count), rising deal multiples and dry powder, sector concentration in technology/industrial/financial services/healthcare, and the rapid adoption of digital, ESG and operational playbooks (talent, virtual selling). The report also analyzes SPAC dynamics and the shift from classic buyout funds toward specialized strategies.
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Global Private Equity Report 2021 (Bain & Company) — 2021.
Hugh MacArthur.
$592 billion (buyout deal value in 2020).