PRINT THIS PAGE Monthly Private Equity Report: May 200811/06/2008. Source: ZEPHYR, Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing . 
There were encouraging results from the private equity sector in May, with a ten-month high of $53.15bn worth of transactions recorded. The value gains were achieved despite transaction numbers being almost three times less than they were a year ago, according to this monthly global private equity report prepared by ZEPHYR and Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing exclusively for AltAssets. Deals by volume and value
Although leveraged buyouts were worth 80 per cent more than in April 2008, the deals were still valued significantly less than this time last year. In fact, over the last 12 months private equity transactions have lost almost 65 per cent of their value.
Deal numbers dropped off between April and May, with the results showing a smaller number of high-value deals driving growth in monetary terms.
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