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  "id": 14875014,
  "title": "The IPO drought is driving private equity-owned companies to the debt market to pay investors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/the-ipo-drought-is-driving-private-equity-owned-companies-to-the-debt-14875014",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-16T05:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC World",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/16/private-equity-portfolios-ipo-debt.html"
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  "summary": "Private equity firms are increasingly using debt-funded dividend recaps to return cash to investors as exits remain subdued.",
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        "title": "The IPO drought is driving private equity-owned companies to the debt market to pay investors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/the-ipo-drought-is-driving-private-equity-owned-companies-to-the-debt",
        "published": "2026-10-16T05:00:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}