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Private equity confidence survey, Q1 04

The Q1 04 Deloitte Confidence Survey predicts that the top four sectors for private equity investment activity in 2004 will be support services, healthcare, financial services and leisure. The retail sector also appears to be attracting greater interest from private equity firms.

The survey also predicts that that the average holding period for investments will increase to between four and five years. This lengthening of investment periods may reflect the need for more time in order for firms to create significant value in their investee companies. It may also reflect the difficulty in crystallising realised returns through exits over the last 18 months and the current perceived portfolio backlog at some private equity firms.

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