On the growth of private equity.

• Author: Rees, Matthew
• Position: Private Equity - Brief article

"In the past ten years, the proportion of buyouts in the figures for global mergers and acquisitions has grown steadily. In 1997, private equity deals were less than 4 percent of the value of total deals. As recently as 2005, the figure was still little more than 10 percent. But in recent years the proportion has grown dramatically."

"In the final quarter of 2006, private equity groups round the world accounted for almost one in every...