Over the past two years, initial public offerings have hogged all the headlines in the land of master limited partnerships. Outside of one or two big deals, we really haven't seen much in the way of buyouts. Last week, Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), told Bloomberg that he expects all of that to change shortly. In this video, Fool.com contributor Aimee Duffy talks to Tyler Crowe about who else in the industry has chimed in on the subject and what investors need to think about when it comes to MLP M&A.
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Is MLP M&A Activity About to Heat Up?
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