of our study participants agree that managing portfolio companies actively will become more important in the future.
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This 'European Private Equity Outlook 2017' is the eighth consecutive publication in a series launched by Roland Berger in 2010. We contacted more than 2,400 experts from private equity investment companies across Europe.
About half of PE professionals – but fewer than last year – expect a growing number of M&A transactions with PE involvement in 2017. Compared to 2016 this is a slightly less positive outlook.