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The Cinven Index: Issue 4, December 2002

Six months ago the Cinven Index reported that bankers were predicting an upturn in the number of private equity transactions. These expectations have not been borne out, and it seems that a mood of pessimism is sweeping the Continent, as bankers across Europe expect the economic climate to worsen going forward, according to the latest Index.

But there was some good news for private equity investors, as around 78 per cent of the respondents to the survey also said that they expected private equity participation in the M&A market to increase.

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