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PE managers see slower fundraising and more conservative valuations in 2024

Private Equity Wire

The 2024 report, which examines the latest trends in fund finance, M&A and leveraged finance as well as progress on ESG and DEI, reveals that the industry is bracing itself for a challenging year as the impact of higher interest rates, tighter liquidity and slower deal markets continues to be felt.

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Private Equity Wire

In turn, stock markets showed decreased appetite for IPOs leading to challenges with a traditional investment exit strategy for private equity fund investments, a drop in asset valuations and a subsequent slowdown in fundraising due to liquidity challenges. In 2024, we foresee this trend to continue.

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What's Next for iRobot?

The Motley Fool

For Amazon this just isn't really a big deal, for iRobot obviously it was a very big deal and this was a bit of an exit strategy and perhaps this was something that they were thinking from the moment they went public. Maybe this was part of the exit strategy plan there.