Article: Despite Signs of an Uptick - Private Equity Fund Managers Do Not Expect a Sudden Boom in Deal Flow Volume, According to a New Study by BDO Seidman, LLP.

The majority (76%) of private equity executives do not expect deal flow volume to return to 2007 highs until 2011 or later, according to a new study by BDO Seidman, LLP, one of the nation's leading accounting and consulting firms.

Despite early indications that the economy is beginning a slow recovery, PE executives, regardless of fund size, anticipate closing the same number of deals next year as they did this year. Three-fourths (76%) of respondents report closing between one and five new deals between Q3 2008 and Q3 2009 - and 82% expect to close between one and five new deals during the next year. The good news is that while 11% of respondents did not close ...

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