AXS Investments Insights - Private Equity August 2021
August 2021 - Private Equity
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Private Equity has Stellar H1 2021; On Pace for $1 Trillion Deployment
By Greg Bassuk, Chief Executive Officer, AXS Investments
PE Deal Making Sets Records in H1 2021; Fundraising Surges
Private equity firms deployed $580 billion in deals during the first six months of 2021. This figure represents the greatest amount of investments deployed over the first six months of any calendar year, according to the PE Pulse report from EY consultancy. This figure is roughly three times the amount of money deployed during the first half of 2020.
The EY report suggests that private equity firms could deploy a whopping $1 trillion in 2021. Such a level of deal activity would reset the historical standard against which annual private equity deals are measured. The previous standard for the industry stood between 2006 and 2007, when PE firms recorded roughly $750 billion in deals.
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