Private equity is still growing, although the euphoria of 2014 has died down somewhat

According to the Roland Berger Strategy Consultants’ “European Private Equity Outlook 2015”, the European private equity industry is looking to the new year with caution.

The first signs of a cool-down surfaced back in 2014, with around one third of survey respondents closing fewer transactions than in 2014.

Their main reasons were the lack of attractive targets.