The volume of equity investments in Europe rose by 211 percent in the first half of 2010 on an annual basis, according to a new report. According to data from market research company unquote “value of equity investments during the period reached 25.2 billion compared with 8.1 billion for the same period of 2009. The number of transactions has also observed a significant increase of 23 percent, rising to 555 compared to 451 transactions during the first six months of 2009. Only in the second quarter of 2010 were concluded over 300 transactions, an increase of 18% compared with the first. The volume of transactions was also demonstrated these positive developments, the total value of transactions for the second quarter rose to 13.9 billion by the IRO 11.4 billion for the first, or growth of 22 percent on a quarterly basis, the report . In comparison, the volume in the second quarter of 2009 was 4.8 billion. Momentum in the sector is mainly due to purchases in which the activity increased by 56% to 167 transactions compared with 107 deals for the first six months of last year.
The value of buying four times experienced the growth to 20.7 billion euros from 5.3 mrld. euros for the first half of 2009 volume of these transactions in the second quarter rose to 11.2 billion euros from 9.5 mrld. euro first. The increase in purchases was mainly due to transactions with a single volume between 100 million and 1 billion euro, which was reported growth of 68 percent on a quarterly basis. Still very limited number of transactions worth over 1 billion. In the second quarter of 2010 occurred in only one such transaction. Although Britain remains the most active market in Europe and other established markets like Germany and the Nordic countries have also registered impressive growth.