Monetary policy and private equity acquisitions: tracing the links

by Fernando Avalos, Boris Hofmann, José María Serena Garralda<br />Private equity funds play an increasingly important role in financial systems. Yet, the impact of monetary policy on their activity has been little explored so far. In this paper, we analyse the transmission of monetary policy through private equity (PE) deals, focusing on the impact on: (i) the volume of private equity deals; (ii) the use of le…