Compared with January 2016 figures, which were particularly robust, deal count and investment amounts fell last month, but both data points were higher than the numbers recorded in December 2016.
The number of CVC-backed deals slipped compared with last year’s figures, at 180 rounds versus 192 in the first month of last year.
Investment value fell by about 42% to $5.85bn in January 2017, versus $10.02bn reported in the first month of 2016, which at first glance might seem a…