
European private equity activity drops to 2005 lows
Findings from the latest unquote” Private Equity Barometer, published in association with SL Capital Partners, reveal a worrying drop in deal volumes, falling to the same level as Q4 2005.
The preliminary figures show that for all European private equity activity in Q3 there was a total of 283 deals completed, marking a 5% fall off from the previous quarter and the lowest figure since Q4 2005.
Furthermore, aggregate deal value fell even more dramatically, by a whopping 38% to €16.9bn from €27.2bn in the second quarter. However, the total value of deals to date is slightly higher than for the same period in 2012, with €54.5bn transacted so far this year compared with €52bn last year.
Looking regionally across Europe, the UK remains the most active territory for private equity, housing 46 transactions, marking an impressive uptick from the 38 recorded in the previous quarter. And, it was one of only two regions that saw an increase in deal value over the third quarter, rising from €5.6bn to €7.4bn and accounting for 48% of the wider European total.
This is an extract from the Q3 unquote" Private Equity Barometer, sponsored by SL Capital. Click here to read the full barometer
All data is sourced from unquote" data, the unquote" proprietary database. To conduct your own searches on pan-European private equity trends, visit unquotedata.com
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