Europe funds renew interest in Greek private equity

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GREECE - Continental European pension funds have so far committed some e15m to a new Greek government backed private equity fund of funds designed to revive interest in the flagging market.

The pension fund of a large Portuguese bank is also believed to have been one of the funds comprising 10-15% of the the original placement, with fund managers and banks making up the majority of in...

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