Cryptocurrency initial coin offerings (ICOs) will become a significant fundraising route for companies seeking growth capital in the next five years, coming to represent over 10 per cent of all capital raised in the UK, according to results of a new survey by the law firm Collyer Bristow. Over half
Where will institutional investors be focusing their alternative asset allocations over the next 12 months? What are the top-line issues they have when assessing managers, and how are their expectations changing? These are some of the questions covered by Intralinks’ latest LP Survey Report. You can find out more about
Over half of private equity and real estate fund managers are less than satisfied with their firm’s current level of cybersecurity arrangements, according to a new survey carried out by fund administrator Augentius. Some 54 per cent of managers also identified cybersecurity as one of their top two priorities for
The most successful private equity exits are achieved by companies that make changes to their leadership teams during the investment cycle, according to a report by leading executive search firm Drax. Making the changes earlier rather than later in the investment cycle is particularly likely to improve the level of success,
Bilateral deals sharply increased in 2017-18 according to data from Investec, as private equity firms increasingly seek out direct sales in an effort to deploy dry powder without the competition of an auction process. An analysis of 587 deals from 2016-17 and 2017-18 shows that the number of bilateral deals
Limited Partners (LP) taking stakes in GP management companies via specialist funds is becoming a mainstream dynamic in private equity, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer. One in six LPs already invest in this strategy, and this is likely to rise to over a third of LPs.
Over half (57 per cent) of healthcare execs seek partnerships and joint ventures to access outside technology or expertise, according to a new report from West Monroe Partners. And with 79 per cent of respondents saying they would definitely, or be likely to, seek more joint ventures and alliances over
Data from eFront, covering 4,000 funds globally, shows that Western European private equity funds showed the best returns globally, at the same time as delivering robust performance on the VC side. Western European private equity funds achieved an overall return of 1.68x (TVPI – total value to paid in), ahead
Intensifying market competition in an increasingly crowded space is the top concern among credit fund managers, according to new research from global law firm Ropes & Gray. The report, ‘Driving Success: Challenges and Opportunities in Credit Fund Platforms’, analyses the responses of 100 senior level executives within US and UK-based
The size of private equity rollovers has decreased as a percentage of equity value since 2015, according to law firm Goodwin’s 2018 Rollover and Incentive Equity Survey. This is down to a combination of the continued robust debt market and higher valuations, which enable sellers to rollover a meaningful amount
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