CEE activity: bottomed out?

Kimberly Romaine
11 April 2012

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Next week’s CEE unquote” Congress will reveal reader sentiment for CEE prospects.

CVC's recent €2.65bn exit of StarBev may have refreshed interest in Central & Eastern Europe, but new deal activity has ground to a halt, according to unquote" data.

The slowdown stands in marked contrast to year-on-year volume, as well as local deal-doers' perception: This time last year, an unquote" sentiment survey revealed that nearly two thirds (64%) of deal doers expected activity to increase. The survey came at the end of a mini-boom for the region, which saw a frenetic fortnight tot up €983m across a hat-trick of mid-market deals (Emitel, Zabka and Provimi).

The region, like the rest of Europe, succumbed to the economic and political pressures that saw private equity activity slow to a trickle until the end of the year. Now unquote" would like to again ask its readers what they make of prospects for the CEE region in 2012. Please click here to take part in our quick survey.

Results will be announced on 18 April at the sixth annual CEE unquote" Private Equity Congress. Please click here for more information or to book your place.