European buyout houses have generated more than EUR100 billion in exit proceeds for the fourth year in a row, rising 12 per cent in 2017 to reach EUR112 billion across 436 divestments. That’s according to provisional data from the CMBOR at Imperial College Business School, sponsored by Equistone Partners Europe
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to alternative assets to diversify portfolios as they navigate an environment characterised by low yields, geopolitical concerns and a growing set of investment risks, finds Allianz Global Investors, one of the world’s leading active investment managers, in its annual RiskMonitor survey. Consisting of 755 institutional
Private equity investments in portfolio companies are long term, with an average timeframe of 5.8 years from initial investment to exit, according to the tenth annual BVCA report on the performance of PE investments. Compiled by EY, and covering 89 per cent of the total population of portfolio companies, being
Elsen, a Platform-as-a-Service company for large financial institutions, has raised USD2.4 million in a seed extension round led by Hyperplane Venture Capital with participation from Accomplice, Launch Capital and hand-picked angel investors from the startup and financial community. As part of the investment, Hyperplane managing partner, Jack Klinck (pictured), who previously spent
The proportion of Limited Partners that make ‘direct’ investments (investments into private companies without the involvement of a private equity fund) has peaked, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer. Between 2006 and 2012, the share of LPs making direct investments almost doubled, but it has not changed
The UK continues to be one of the world’s most attractive destinations for infrastructure investment, according to the CMS Infrastructure Index: ‘A new direction’, which this year ranks 40 jurisdictions in order of infrastructure investment attractiveness according to six key criteria. CMS commissioned the Index, in conjunction with Inspiratia, to
European Buy & Build activity in the first half of 2017 reached its highest level on record, up 20 per cent on H2 2016, according to Silverfleet Capital’s latest semi-annual European Buy & Build Monitor. The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European- headquartered companies
Alternative assets under management reached a record USD7.7 trillion in 2017, according to a new survey by BNY Mellon, and look set to increase further with over half of respondents expecting allocations to alternatives to increase in the next 12 months, up from 39 per cent in 2016. Private equity
A survey of RIAs with assets under management of USD500 million or more by alternative investment solutions provider PPB Capital Partners has found that holdings of alternative investments in client portfolios are likely to increase over the next 12 months. The firm conducted the survey to gain clarity on the
Treasury operations due diligence is expanding well beyond the historical focus on cash controls, and now includes a more evolved and optimised manager’s treasury function. This is not only essential to minimising counterparty risk, but also key to reducing costs and adding incremental yield. That’s according to a new white
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