Another year of record PE distributions back to LPs?

2014 saw a mammoth $463.6 billion returned back to limited partners by private equity fund managers, capping off several years of steady increases in the annual total of distributions. But at $342.0 billion through the end of September, PE distributions in 2015 already look set to eclipse 2013’s $388.0 billion; with a frenzy of selling in 4Q 2015, last year