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According to the results of the latest Ernst & Young Capital Confidence Barometer, nearly
half of respondents expect the valuation of M&A assets to increase and senior executives
of private equity (PE) firms are maintaining a cautious but optimistic outlook on the state
of the economy, both locally and globally.
However, the general sentiment is that the quality of deal opportunities has fallen slightly
since mid-2011. While 47% of PE respondents in the previous survey described their confidence
in the quality of deal opportunities as "positive" or "very positive," that number has fallen
to 37.5%, with an increase in respondents holding a negative outlook (from 11% to 13%).
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