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Dyal raises record $9bn to buy stakes in alternative asset managers

Buyout firms are increasingly selling stakes in themselves, taking advantage of booming appetite for private markets

The biggest player in the market for private equity firm stakes just got bigger.

New York-based Dyal Capital Partners, which owns stakes in some of private equity’s best-known firms including Robert Smith’s Vista Equity Partners, closed its latest fund on more than $9bn on Oct. 31, according to people familiar with the matter.

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