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Features
Dynamics of building Swiss portfolios
In 2003 the Swiss private equity market was heavily affected by the re-engineering of corporate portfolios. Michael Peterson, director of 3i Schweiz, says: “From a general partner perspective, we have seen a remarkable wave of corporate restructuring. This resulted in the reorganisation of many corporate activities that led to some ...
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Prices on the move
Swiss deal opportunities come largely from medium-sized family businesses, which have become much more aware of private equity and look to the asset class to solve succession issues, Betschart says. Whereas before these companies valued private equity investors for their potential financial input, they are slowly beginning to understand that ...
