In a 2019 survey, 79 percent of respondents worldwide said that tax structuring was included in their exit strategy when divesting, while only 36 percent included cyber or technology.
The report is based on interviews with global private equity executives.
Supplementary notes
The source does not provide any information regarding type of the interviews conducted.
Executives are from companies across the Americas (45%), EMEIA (30%), Asia-Pacific (20%) and Japan (5%).
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "what does your exit playbook include? Select all that apply."
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