As outlined on p8, the fees paid by private equity firms in 2006 outstripped even the eye-watering amount they handed over in 2005.
The figures for 2005 make for interesting reading when compared to last year’s. They demonstrate just how busy private equity firms are, how much money they are prepared to pay to get their hands on ever larger assets and how willing they are to pay top dollar to the banks to underwrite the enormous debt levels and to syndicate such debt. By way of demonstrating how much more money was paid last year by way of fees,