EUROPE - Institutional investors renewed confidence in 2008 to the European private equity industry but early indications suggest a slowdown in fundraising in 2009, data by the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association shows.
According to the trade body, European private equity firms raised €79bn (US$119.2bn) in 2008, compared with €81bn in 2007. The first quarter of 2008 saw a recovery on investors' allocation to th...
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