In last year's LookingAhead Guide, we predicted the 2025 deal landscape would improve over 2024 year-end results in terms of the number of closed buyout transactions, transaction values, and exits. The rationale for this was: lessening uncertainty (or a better comfort level with the persisting uncertainty), stabilized inflation, and a new administration (including a consolidated Republican government), which has historically suggested a positive outlook for the US economy and private equity.
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