France unquote
A touch of frost
A chilling frost has gathered around the private equity world for the winter season of 2008, especially in the leveraged buyouts department which has all but ground to a halt with only the EUR300-500m Socotec deal closure to speak of. With only limited...
Autumn renaissance
The leaves are falling; it's getting cold and dark and so is the Q3 unquote barometer. It shows European private equity has dropped almost 10% in deal volume and more importantly 35% in deal value to the lowest level since Q1 2004. The French market however...