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Weathering the downturn

Mergers and acquisitions activity around the world has been in the doldrums over the last year or so. But to what extent has the slowdown been apparent in Central and Eastern Europe? PricewaterhouseCoopers studied the transactions in the region to work out whether these fragile markets have been stopped in their tracks by world events or sheltered from the storm by the unique economic cycle of emerging markets.

The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland continue to reflect M&A trends found in Western Europe with the almost unprecedented 30 per cent to 60 per cent growth rates all but gone. Activity is likely to level off in line with Western European levels. The survey also reveals that investors no longer categorise all the CEE countries together, preferring instead to chase investments in individual countries.

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