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US FTC not ideologically biased against private equity firms as divestiture buyers

By Flavia Fortes and Khushita Vasant ( April 4, 2025, 23:57 GMT | Insight) -- The Republican-led US Federal Trade Commission is not ideologically opposed to private equity firms being considered as potentially viable divestiture buyers in a merger, MLex has learned, which is a departure from the Biden-era policy where enforcers had concerns about the competitive viability of businesses divested to PE firms.The Republican-led US Federal Trade Commission is not ideologically opposed to private equity firms being considered as potentially viable divestiture buyers in a merger, MLex has learned, which is a departure from the Biden-era policy under which enforcers had concerns about the competitive viability of businesses divested to PE firms....

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