France unquote" out now

Traditionally playing second fiddle to the UK market in terms of private equity activity levels, France got off to a busy start in 2011 with a string of large buyouts and divestments - including the recent €2.1bn secondary buyout of SPIE. Can it upset the status quo, as the UK large-cap market fails to catch up?

Sizeable exits are not exclusive to the French market though. 2011 has so far seen a surge in exit activity for private equity funds across Europe, with large-scale divestments seeing a significant recovery in particular.

Finally, unquote" reports from the Pan European Mezzanine Finance conference, held in Paris last month: although mezzanine players have endured a drought for some time now, the first rain clouds may just have appeared on the horizon.

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