Private equity is all about buying companies and selling them on. But as the FT’s Kaye Wiggins explains, with the economy struggling, private equity groups are increasingly turning to a new strategy – they’re selling companies to themselves. So who are the winners in this layer cake of deals, and who loses out?
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