** Shares in Eurazeo EURA.PA rise 1.2%, pares gains after rising as much as 4.1%, after posting its full-year results
** French private equity investor Eurazeo reported a 4% rise in its assets under management (AuM), totalling EUR 36.1 billion ($39.02 billion) in 2024
** "Core buyouts portfolio performed well with EBITDA up 27% ," Degroof Petercam says in a note
** Eurazeo decided to accelerate its share buyback programme to EUR 400 million by 2025, compared with EUR 200 million previously, and increased proposed dividend by 9.5% to EUR 2.65 per share
** "The increased dividend and doubling of share buyback programme will please US and UK investors," Degroof adds
** Up to the previous session's close, shares were up 5% YTD
($1 = 0.9251 euros)
(Reporting by Hugo Lhomedet)
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