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After a weak start, the German equity capital market picked up at the end of 2012: "With a figure of € 5.84 billion, investments almost reached the level of the previous year," says Chairman of the Executive Board Matthias Kues on the statistics for the German private equity market for 2012 released today by the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK). "In the past year once again over 1,200 companies in Germany were financed with equity capital. That figure highlights the central role that equity capital plays in financing in Germany, particularly for small and medium-sized companies." Only 5% of the companies financed over the year had more than 500 employees and only 9% had three-digit revenues. mehr »

"During periods of economic uncertainty, investors are cautious and wary of making new investments and this also currently applies to the private equity market. Having said that, we expect a clear improvement in the second half of the year," commented Matthias Kues, Chairman of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK), on the statistics for the second quarter of 2012. mehr »

"As early as the fourth quarter of 2011, it was clear that the upward trend in private equity investments would be reversed. This is has now been confirmed by the market figures for the first quarter of 2012," explains Matthias Kues, Chairman of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK), about the current statistics for the German private equity market. At €669 million, almost a third less than the previous quarter (€1.058 million) was invested in the first three months. mehr »

"The German private equity market held its own in 2011 despite the European debt crisis and uncertain economic prospects", explained Matthias Kues, chairman of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK), at the press conference on the statistics for the German private equity market in 2011 published today by the organisation. Investments in Germany increased by 22 % year on year to €5.92 billion. Approximately 1,200 mostly small and medium-sized companies were financed with private equity during the course of the year, underpinning the importance of investment companies in financing these enterprises. Only 6 % of the companies financed during the course of the year employed more than 500 people. mehr »

"The German private equity market holds its ground despite the turmoil of the European debt crisis and the uncertain economic outlook. Investment so far this year has already reached the level of full last year, " said Ulrike Hinrichs, managing director of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) at the presentation of statistics for the German private equity market for the third quarter of 2011. With investments of € 4,669 million in 877 companies, the results have not only surpassed that for the same period last year (€ 3,284 million), but have already exceeded the total for the whole of last year of € 4,646 million. mehr »

"The German market has made a sustained recovery since the low point in the first half of 2009. We have now recorded an increase in investments for four half-year terms in a row," says Ulrike Hinrichs, Director of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK), presenting the statistics on the German private equity market for the second quarter of 2011. mehr »

"The German private equity sector has every reason to be optimistic" says Ulrike Hinrichs, Managing Director of BVK. The latest quarterly figures confirm this, released today by the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) for the German private equity market. In the first quarter of 2011 private equity investment in Germany companies reached €1,169 million, which does represent a slight decrease compared with the previous quarter which reached €1,362 million and compared with the result for the comparative quarter of the previous year (€1,375 million). Despite this a further stabilization of investments at a sustainable level must be noted for the German private equity market. Past experience shows that the first quarter of a year is in general the quarter with the least investments compared with the remaining quarters in a year; based on this assumption this gives hope for a successful private equity year 2011. mehr »

The German private equity market has gained a lot of stability. This emerges from the statistics for the German private equity market in 2010 released today by the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften ­ BVK). Investments in Germany increased by 59 % to €4.44 billion compared to 2009. Approximately 1,300 mostly small and medium-sized companies are financed with private equity and supported in their quest to overcome the financial and economic crisis. After an almost complete collapse of the market in 2009 as a result of the financial and economic crisis, the investment level rose sharply and sustainably. In saying that, the market is still well below the record results of 2007 and 2008. "These years were exceptions and the result of the truly extraordinary market conditions at that time. What we are seeing now is a more sustainable growth", explains Dr Hans Ostmeier, president of the BVK. mehr »

Market statistics for 3rd quarter of 2010 reveal importance of private equity for German companies. mehr »

In the third quarter of 2010, private equity investments in Germany reached €1.02 billion in 388 businesses, which represents an increase of more than one third in comparison to the previous quarter (€0.74 billion). The results from the same quarter of last year (€0.78 billion) were also exceeded by some distance. This figure emerges from the statistics for the German private equity market in the third quarter of 2010 released today by the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften BVK). The German private equity market has therefore confirmed that it is continuing its stable growth of recent quarters. After the market had almost collapsed in the first six months of 2009 as a result of the financial and economic crisis, the level of investment once again has been increasing significantly over the last five quarters. mehr »