Deals
Private Equity Firms Tap Partial Sales for `Two Bites'
- Buyout managers are increasingly selling parts of holdings
- Blackstone, Apax, BC Partners, EQT utilize strategy this year
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Private equity firms are increasingly selling parts of their companies and holding on to the rest, locking in some profit while anticipating further upside.
Among exits this year by private equity firms, 24 percent were partial sales, according to researcher PitchBook Data Inc. That’s up from 19 percent in the same period last year.