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European Buy & Build activity reaches highest level on record

European Buy & Build activity in 2016 reached its highest level on record with the largest number of deals in the UK & Ireland, according to Silverfleet Capital’s latest annual European Buy & Build Monitor. The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European headquartered companies

French PE market returns over 10 per cent per year in last 30 years

The French private equity market has produced an average annual return of 10.1 per cent over the last 30 years, according to a new report published by the Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance (AFIC) and EY. The net performance of closed-end funds meanwhile totalled 14.7 per cent per year.

LPs drive growth in customised mandates

The evolution of the relationships between Limited Partners (LP) and General Partners (GP) is driving an increase in separately managed accounts (SMAs) and co-investments, according to the latest research by Private Equity at London Business School (LBS). In the report – What you pay and what you get…The evolution of

Leaking information on M&A deals boosts deal values by an average USD21m

Leaking information on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals before any public announcement of the transaction added an extra USD21 million to the average value of the leaked in 2016, according to new research from Intralinks. In addition to evidence of higher valuations for M&A deals that leak, the 2017 Intralinks

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Intralinks LP Survey: Top five takeaways

Managers need to know what their investors want – make that expect – from their fund managers. To find out, Intralinks, a Synchronoss Business, partnered with Global Fund Media to conduct an in-depth global survey of LPs, for candid insights into the ways they view their GPs. Get a sneak

Northern Trust Peter Cherecwich

Transparency is key to success for alts investing, says Northern Trust survey

As alternative investments become more mainstream, information about investment vehicles, underlying assets and other risk management data has become more important to investors, but best practices around transparency requirements are lagging behind the demand, according to a survey released today by Northern Trust. The independent survey of 200 asset managers

Investment Metrics secures investment from Resurgens Technology Partners and HarbourVest

Investment Metrics, a provider of performance measurement, investment analytics, risk attribution, market intelligence and reporting software to the investment management industry, has secured a significant equity investment from Resurgens Technology Partners and HarbourVest Partners. The new partnership will enable Investment Metrics to make continued investments in its existing solutions and

PEFOX releases version 2.0 of PEFOX Library software

PEFOX, a private equity secondaries advisor headquartered in London, has released the second generation of its PEFOX Library software. The Library was first launched in early 2016 and provides investors with access to a database of current and historic secondaries pricing data on one hundred major private funds globally. This

Jaime Bean, Ledgex Systems

Ledgex Systems Partners with Allocator

Ledgex Systems, a provider of portfolio and research management solutions for the alternative and institutional investment industries, is partnering with Allocator to provide clients streamlined and standardised access to fund information.  With Allocator, data is gathered from more than 3,700 funds and standardised so investors have a defined process to

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