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By Edmund BUCKLEY, Global Co-Head of Private Equity and Hugo HICKSON, Value Creation Principal, Pictet Asset Managment
Slowing economic growth, falling corporate earnings, high inflation. There are plenty of reasons for equity investors to be nervous. Yet there will always be investment opportunities even when economic conditions are tough. Some of them, we believe, can be found among privately-owned European small-and-mid-cap companies.
These are businesses that have already proven their potential, and are now looking to take the next step; to professionalise and grow. Private equity (PE) investors can help such firms make progress on this path by injecting new capital and – just as importantly – by providing strategic and operational...
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