How do European PE investors create value?

Private equity investors create value in the businesses they buy, own, and sell with PE managed businesses consistently out-performing public companies. This is according to a new Ernst & Young study, the first of its kind, that maps business performance and PE investors' strategies across the 100 largest businesses sold by PE firms in Europe during 2005. Find out more

The growing importance of debt in European corporate transactions

Many companies face challenges that present threats to financial performance and viability, regardless of past results or the strength of the market in which they operate. Often these threats result from financial and commercial market pressure, stakeholder expectations and cash and capital constraints. At Ernst & Young, our market leading corporate restructuring practice can help address these challenges. 1.7Mb, Feb 2005

Avoiding the hidden cost of profit warnings

Over the last six years, Ernst & Young has tracked the quarterly rise and fall of warnings and we predict that 2005 will show a sustained high number of profit warnings. Our experience of talking to many clients affected by difficult market conditions is that there are ways to overcome the inevitable need to warn. The enclosed paper looks at the drivers and costs of warnings and provides practical advice on forecasting profit and managing cash flows and market expectations.Read.   335K, June 2005