Private equity chief financial officers (CFOs), facing pressures including increased investor scrutiny and intensifying market competition, are seeking operational success via different pathways, according to the EY 2018 Global Private Equity CFO survey: ‘Operational excellence: one path or many?’ The fifth annual survey of 110 private equity (PE) CFOs –
UK private equity-owned companies are driving growth against a backdrop of uncertainty as they boosted revenues by 12 per cent in the last year, according to research by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. BDO reveals that the UK’s private equity-owned companies (from a sample of 902 portfolio companies where
Faced with low interest rates and relatively high valuations for risk assets, large global institutional investors are looking to protect themselves against downturn risks through maintaining their cash levels and selectively increasing allocations to active strategies. That’s according to a new survey by BlackRock which finds that while 65 per
New research from Fidante Capital concludes that there are clear indications of an overhyped investment market in diversified listed private equity and high yield bonds, and that both asset classes are top contenders for a market correction in the near future. Fidante Capital used three inputs to assess the investment
Alternative investments managers are enjoying continued interest from investors but risk losing out from future flows, warns SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) in its latest pair of research reports. Superior returns, trusted investment teams, and firm size have traditionally served as the key differentiators in the alternative investments world, but changes in
Following on from the GP survey it produced earlier this year, SEI once again partnered with Preqin, this time to garner the views of investors to understand how they approaching alternative asset investing.
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Sophisticated marketing is the next big investment for hedge funds and private equity firms, according to Meyler Capital, an integrated capital-raising and marketing services company for alternative investment managers. “In 2018, marketing is going mainstream in the multi-trillion-dollar alternative asset management sector,” says Kyle Dunn (pictured), founder and CEO of
CAMRADATA, a provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has acquired specialist publishing business, Funds Europe Limited – a move that will boost CAMRADATA’s research arm, expand its publishing capabilities and events business and extend its database reach into Europe. The acquisition will be completed by 14 December 2017 and
Almost three-quarters (73 per cent) of chief financial officers (CFOs) and chief operating officers (COOs) at UK-based private equity and venture capital firms expect levels of dry powder – money raised but not yet invested – to climb further in 2018 as the rate of inflows remains high and attractively
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