Sponsors kick off 2022 with buyout volume down 13% year-on-year
Buyout volume in the European PE market in January and February 2022 was down 13% on the same period in 2021. With 188 sponsor-led deals, activity fell short of the heights of the 216 seen at the start of 2021, Unquote Data shows.
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