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How does the current interest rate environment impact the Private Equity landscape?
Discuss the effects on fundraising, acquisition financing, valuation, investment returns, portfolio companies, and competition among private equity firms. Organize your response around transmission mechanisms, distinguish near-term from longer-term effects, and explain how a private equity firm might adapt its investment and underwriting approach.
