Private equity executives are expecting deal prices to remain high as heated debt markets and pressure to deploy money fuels competition for assets. Firms have been under pressure to spend billions of dollars raised during the leveraged buyout boom of 2005-7 and have been eager to clinch large deals again to deploy funds. While deal volume is returning to the private equity industry, prices for assets are being pushed back up too, leading to concerns the market is becoming too hot again.
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