European sponsors sidestep panic, concede gloom over bank woes
European sponsors are assessing the implications of Credit Suisse’s proposed takeover by UBS for the cost of capital, fundraising and dealmaking, with the situation expected to worsen an already gloomy outlook, private equity(PE) practitioners told Mergermarket.
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