Private Equity Trendspotter: Sponsors look for sure footing as market slowdown signals change in deals landscape
2022 had a lot to live up to following the heady heights of private equity activity last year. But, after a war and the most aggressive series of interest rates hikes in decades, the contrast could hardly be starker.
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