After the fall

Headline: After the fallSource: EuromoneyDate: July 2001Author: Jennifer Morris European private-equity firms escaped the full effects of the tech collapse that hit their US peers so hard last year. But they could hardly escape the atmosphere of panic and have trimmed their sails, avoiding riskier start-up-style ventures and giving more attention to buy-outs and blue-chip […]

Headline: After the fall
Source: Euromoney
Date: July 2001
Author: Jennifer Morris

European private-equity firms escaped the full effects of the tech collapse that hit their US peers so hard last year. But they could hardly escape the atmosphere of panic and have trimmed their sails, avoiding riskier start-up-style ventures and giving more attention to buy-outs and blue-chip companies’ disposals of non-core businesses.

       
Kamal Tabet
Not so long ago, private-equity firms seemed to have the road to riches well mapped out.






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