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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

The private equity investors made it plain that it's not just about buyout anymore in a record-breaking year. Private equity blew the doors off in 2021 as trillions in pandemic-related stimulus produced a historic surge in dealmaking and exits, said a study.

By just about any measure, private equity set a remarkable new standard for itself in 2021., said Bain's Global Private Equity Report.

"Buyout deal value and exits shot to stunning new records. General partners (GPs) had the second-best fund-raising year in the industry's history, capping a five-year run that has netted $1.8 trillion in new buyout capital," said the report.

Funds boosted distributions to limited partners (LPs) and continued to deliver returns outpacing any other asset class. All in all-and despite the continued economic uncertainty brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic-private equity put a bold exclamation point on what has turned out to be a decade of outstanding performance.

According to Bain, merely saying that private equity deal value set a new record in 2021 hardly does the industry justice. The $1.1 trillion in buyouts doubled 2020's total of $577 billion and shattered the old record of $804 billion set back in 2006 during the exuberant run-up to the global financial crisis.

North America led the surge with $537 billion in deals transacted and on its own matched the global total of a year ago. That said, every region has se......................

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