Blockbuster season

The industry is certainly in better shape than 12 months ago. The latest unquoteт€ Private Equity Barometer confirmed the sentiment, showing total private equity investment has more than doubled to т‚Ќ25.5bn in the first half of the year compared to H1 2009. And while deal-doing continued to tick over at the lower end of the market in the past few weeks, one was treated to a sneak preview of blockbusters in the weeks to come.