Comment: Second thoughts on private-equity secondary buyouts
By: Chris Brook-Carter | 3 August 2010
Type the term 'private equity' into just-food and the site will return 26 separate articles in July alone. The high return is not only a reflection of the food sector's ability to attract investment in uncertain times, it is also an indication of a rising number of secondary buyouts - where private-equity sells to private-equity rather than back to the trade.
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Type the term 'private equity' into just-food and the site will return 26 separate articles in July alone. The high return is not only a reflection of the food sector's ability to attract investment in uncertain times, it is also an indication of a rising number of secondary buyouts - where private-equity sells to private-equity rather than back to the trade.
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