Private-equity firms have spent more on European investments in 2018 than in any year since before the global financial crisis. Buyout houses bought 655 companies worth a combined $170 billion across Europe in the year up to Dec. 10, the most since 2007, according to data provider Dealogic Inc. Christian Sinding, head of EQT’s private-equity...

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