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Cameron, VW, refugees: Buyout chiefs' big surprises of 2015

Terra Firma's Guy Hands, 3i's Simon Borrows, Advent's James Brocklebank and others tell FN what caught them most unawares during the year

Left to right: George Anson (HarbourVest), Dörte Höppner (Invest Europe) and Simon Borrows (3i)
Left to right: George Anson (HarbourVest), Dörte Höppner (Invest Europe) and Simon Borrows (3i)

Financial News asked chief executives and businesses leaders from the European private equity industry: “What was the biggest surprise of 2015?” Here's what they had to say?

Peder Prahl
Managing partner, Triton Partners
The larger-than-expected divergence in equity and debt returns performance across the world: between countries, sectors, foreign exchange, managers - ranging from very good to terrible.

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