The Biotechnology Innovation Organisation (BIO) has released a new report – Emerging Therapeutic Company Investment and Deal Trends – highlighting ten years (2006-2015) of biotechnology funding and deal making across five areas: venture capital, IPOs, follow-on public offerings, licensing, and acquisitions.  The report also offers clinical pipeline snapshots to provide

With the UK’s EU referendum now just weeks away, S&P Global Ratings has released a new report which explores the potential impact of a Brexit on infrastructure development in Britain. Drawing on a recent survey of 51 infrastructure funds – including investment management companies, insurance companies, hedge funds, pension funds,

UK equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has been named as Britain’s most active investor in private companies. A new report, The Deal Q1 2016, by independent research firm Beauhurst, shows that equity crowdfunding continues to dominate private investment, with Seedrs continuing to lead the market in the space as the most

Despite the significant changes made to European pension business models since the financial crisis, a more fundamental behavioural shift is needed to address the yawning gap that exists between the rhetoric of governance improvements in recent years and their reality on the ground. That’s according to Sally Bridgeland and Professor

A survey carried out by RSM amongst private equity specialists has revealed that two thirds are planning to vote to remain in the EU when British voters take to the polling booths on 23 June, with only a fifth saying they would be voting to leave. The survey, carried out

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Britain are planning to invest for future growth, according to new research from specialist lending and savings Bank, Aldermore. The new data shows SMEs are proactively looking for opportunities to grow over the next five years.  The Aldermore SME Outlook 2016 found that almost

TIGER 21, a peer-to-peer learning network for high-net-worth investors, reports that investment in private equity continues its upward trend, increasing by one per cent to 23 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, the highest rate ever recorded for the group. TIGER 21 now has more than 400 Members

Following the biggest dollar year ever for mergers and acquisition (M&A) transactions in 2015, an overwhelming 87 per cent of executives at US corporations and private equity firms predict their organisations' deal volume will continue, or even increase in 2016. That’s according to the findings of the third annual "Deloitte

Growth in UK early-stage M&A activity has slowed to just 3 per cent year-on-year compared to over 14 per cent in the last quarter of 2015 due to uncertainty surrounding the results of the forthcoming EU referendum.  That’s according to the latest Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor (DFP) report released by