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Offshore vehicles make use of buyout brand names

Scores of offshore companies have been set up using the names of well-known firms such as Blackstone, Carlyle, Advent and Cinven

Offshore vehicles make use of buyout brand names
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A long list of offshore vehicles, many of which are highly opaque and hard to trace to their owners, have used the names of some of the world’s largest private equity firms.

A long list of offshore vehicles, many of which are highly opaque and hard to trace to their owners, have used the names of some of the world's largest private equity firms.

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