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Private equity-owned companies fuel surge in defaults

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Private equity-owned companies fuel surge in defaults Institutional Investor Private equity-backed companies are driving defaults in the Covid-19 recession, with companies owned by Blackstone Group, KKR & Co., and Apollo Global Management among those that have run into trouble, according to Moody’s Investors Service. More than half of companies that defaulted in the second quarter are owned by private equity firms, Moody’s said in a report this week. READ MORE

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