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Ryan Van Wagenen - Global Private Equity
•  The falling deal count reflects a few factors. First, deal size has increased, driven mostly by mul8ples, making each
deal a more significant commitment for GPs
•  Second, targets are harder to find and some (though not all) GPs are more cau8ous, pursuing only those deals
where they think they can realis8cally achieve a[rac8ve IRRs