News from 2025-02-11 / KfW Research

German Private Equity Barometer 4th Quarter 2024

Private equity sentiment is in the doldrums

The German private equity market was in the doldrums at the end of 2024. The sentiment indicator dropped to -44.6 balance points in the fourth quarter of 2024. Without the steep but brief slump during the COVID-19 shock in the first quarter of 2020, the indicator would have hit a new all-time low in the final quarter. The economic worries of small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany are obviously weighing so heavily on business activity in the private equity market that the recent key interest rate reductions failed to halt the further decline in sentiment.

German Private Equity Barometer 4th Quarter 2024

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