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The Cinven Index June 2002

The last twelve months have been dominated by gloomy news about the state of the European private equity market, giving very little cause for optimism. The latest Cinven Index, however, offers a glimmer of hope. It predicts that private equity transactions will increase in the latter half of 2002.

69 per cent of respondents to the survey believe that private equity participation within the M&A market will increase over the next six months, while only four per cent predict a decline. Nearly half those surveyed predict that the average deal size is set to increase and 79 per cent think the IPO market will undergo a revival.

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