The growth in funds available to private equity houses in Europe has increased dramatically over the...
The growth in funds available to private equity houses in Europe has increased dramatically over the last ten years - especially in the last two or three years. Despite this, Europe still lags markedly behind the USA and it is a notable feature that US-based organisations are now significant investors in UK and European funds. In 1996 there were very few houses with funds of more than £1bn but such funds are now much more common: the £5bn funds barrier is likely to be broken soon. The reason for these increases can be put down partly to changes in macroeconomics, but it is the success of t...
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