European investment in private equity hit an all-time high of £30bn last year - a rise of 89pc on 1999 - with pension funds leading the way. According to the study for European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) by PricewaterhouseCoopers, UK private equity investment increased by 79pc last year. The UK figure of £8bn set a record for the seventh year in succession, an increase of 6pc over the 1999 total of £7.6bn.
European pension funds overtook banks as the number one private equity investor with 24pc of the total invested, up 125pc from 1999. In total pension funds made up 40pc of the UK private equity mar...
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