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The turning of the cycle: Private equity fund performance [datagraphic]

Capitalizing on a booming M&A environment and welcoming public markets, in the first few years of the 2010s PE fund managers returned billions to their investors. After cresting from 2014 to 2015, however, distributions have begun to decline, as PE-backed exit volume diminishes.

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This graphic was included in the September 2017 edition of PitchBook’s Private Market PlayBook, a collection of our most popular reports, original datagraphics and feature articles covering the key trends in VC, PE and M&A.

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The turning of the cycle: Private equity fund performance [datagraphic]

Capitalizing on a booming M&A environment and welcoming public markets, in the first few years of the 2010s PE fund managers returned billions to their investors. After cresting from 2014 to 2015, however, distributions have begun to decline, as PE-backed exit volume diminishes.

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