S&P Capital IQ’s EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot authors, Silvina Aldeco-Martinez, Paul Bishop and Ian Hazard discuss trends in the EMEA Private Equity market during the first half of 2014, drilling down in particular to look at the recent growth in the Spanish market and the decline in the French market. This issue also looks at the increased interest Asian private equity investors have shown in acquiring EMEA target companies since the financial crisis, and discusses some of the potential driving forces behind this trend.