“Strong global equities markets, rising investor confidence and increased macroeconomic stability are leading to another record year of PE-backed IPOs,” says Ernst and Young’s quarterly study titled “Private Equity, Public Exits Q2 2014 Digital edition.”
Strong PE-backed IPOs trend during Q2/H1 of 2014
The study found that, driven by a clutch of positive factors such as a vibrant equity environment in the Americas, a recovery in the EMEA region and a resurgence in IPO floatation in mainland China, PE backed companies have managed to raise USD $ 55.9 billion in 134 deals in the first half of 2014.
That’s within handshaking distance of the amount of US dollar $ 58.5 billion raised in 187 deals during the whole of 2013.
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