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Private Equity, the current darling of the markets is on a roll at the moment. Across Europe, Middle East and Africa activity is up by 27%. $81bn worth of deals were done in the first eight months of the year. The research was from Dealogic.

Buy-out funds, a lack of interest by corporates in competing for assets, deals between private equity groups and shedding of non-core assets all contributed to the growth.

Private Equity deals in July included a real estate portfolio in Germany by Fortress Investment and the Automobile Association by CVC and Permira.

Permira and CVC are both UK based. Fortress Investment is from the US.

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