Impact Of Private Equity In M&A; Deals Set To Grow

There is agreement among Chief Financial Officers that private equity succeeds because there is greater freedom for management to make huge financial rewards and because investors can manage for cash value, not for accounting profit and EPS.

There is agreement among Chief Financial Officers that private equity succeeds because there is greater freedom for management to make huge financial rewards and because investors can manage for cash value, not for accounting profit and EPS.

The findings, from new research commissioned by Deloitte from Ipsos, also show that private equity funds currently have mixed levels of impact, however; for the majority of respondents the role for these types of funds in driving transaction activity will grow in the future.

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Sixty five interviews were conducted by telephone between the 10th May and the 16th June 2006. Respondents were from a spread of industry sectors and 31% of those surveyed were listed on the FTSE 100.

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