Private Equity concentrates on value investing
PitchBook published last month a report showing that Private Equity is opposing the current volatility of the markets with less external (and risky) investment and more concentration on the growth of their existing portfolios. A trend also true for M&A. Looking at PE, one can only conclude that after the great results of 2021, the trend is to downsize the volume of transation. That volume dropped by more than a half in 2022. Private equity buyout also dropped significantly. With the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, high rates making it difficult to find loans. At a time