Mid-market executives are more confident about future growth and are actively pursuing multi-faceted growth strategies in the coming year, according to Jeff Kilrea, group head and managing director, CIT Sponsor Finance. “Middle market executives indicated they expect to see a lot of geographic expansion in 2017,” says Kilrea. “Alternatively, we
Policymakers must remove the barriers to investment faced by private infrastructure funds in order to help achieve the EUR2 trillion of vital European infrastructure investment needed by 2020, according to a report by Invest Europe. The trade association’s Investing in Infrastructure briefing is published to coincide with the launch of
Nearly three quarters (73 per cent) of asset managers are concerned about the challenges presented by MiFID II, research by State Street Corporation shows. The survey, which polled 100 global asset managers and alternative asset managers, gauged their readiness for MiFID II coming into force in January 2018. Designed
Diversified alternative investment managers (IMs) are unlikely to see soaring private equity deal activity in 2017 even with record available dry powder, as they take a more cautious approach to new transactions amid elevated market valuations. This is according to a US Diversified Alternative Investment Managers: 2016 Update report from
Renewable energy-focused infrastructure funds have been an increasingly important part of the unlisted infrastructure market and the sector has expanded rapidly in recent years, according to data released by Preqin. Renewable energy funds secured a record USD14 billion of investor capital in 2015, and the amount raised in 2016 YTD
Despite the uncertainty created by the UK’s Brexit vote, the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region is showing the strongest growth globally in early-stage merger and acquisition (M&A) activity at 13 per cent compared to the same period last year. This is according to the latest Intralinks Deal Flow
More than a third of asset managers plan on increasing investments in commercial loans, alternatives, derivatives, equities and mutual funds over the next 12-month period, according to a survey by SS&C Technologies. The 2016 Global Insurance Asset Management Technology Outlook survey, which was conducted in Q2 2016, polled 100 insurance
Private unlisted infrastructure can act as a hedge for corporate bonds, while significantly outperforming on returns, according to a report by CEPRES. Using PE.Analyzer to analyse thousands of privately held Infrastructure assets, CEPRES found that since 2002 there was a beta (co-movement) to the US corporate bond market of -0.9
The continued involvement of traditional lenders in the alternative finance space is contributing to the development of a pan-European private placement market. Corporates are increasingly looking cross-border for their investment needs and being spoilt by a wealth of funding sources. That’s according to YouGov research published by Allen &
M&A activity among small IFA firms is set to increase over the next two years, according to over half (55 per cent) of advisers polled by Investec Wealth & Investment. Over a third (37 per cent) forecasts a rise in M&A among larger firms too as the industry continues to
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