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Private Equity Firms Are Piling On Debt to Pay Dividends



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Part of her legislative agenda remains holding the private equity industry “accountable for what happens with their target companies,” she said in a statement late last month when asked about the Apria deal.The dividend recap carried out by Apria was by no means the largest of 2020. Epicor Software, a company that was backed by the KKR investment group, completed a $1.9 billion deal, and Radiate Holdco, a TPG Capital-owned company, did a $2.6 billion deal, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.And not all borrowing necessarily went to dividends. The loans can also be used to restructure debt, and portfolio …

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