Regulation costs leading to MBOs?

According to an article in Financial Times more CEOs of big, public companies are thinking of taking their companies private. The cite the new Sarbanes-Oxley regulations as the prime motivation of going private. This could lead to interesting times for private equity firms and the likes of Berkshire Hathaway, as primarily mid-sized companies will have the ability to go private.

But companies still will want to go public. The new regulations ought to push the size needed to be a public company upwards. As a result VCs will have to stay with their companies longer. Just some ramblings on the topic...