Cebile Capital, a secondaries adviser and placement agent to the private equity and alternative asset management industry, has released its annual ‘Secondaries Outlook Report’ for 2016. Cebile surveyed 250 secondaries market participants for their experience of market activity in 2015 and expectations for 2016.   Advent, CVC and EQT were

Overall, 2015 witnessed a movement towards larger European private equity deals, with total deal value increasing by 38.4 per cent, while total volume slipped by 9.7 per cent. As a result, average deal value increased by 53.2 per cent. That’s according to the Q4 2015 unquote” European Private Equity Barometer,

After private equity activity levelled off in 2015, industry leaders have moderated their expectations for the coming year, according to the seventh annual PErspective Private Equity Study by BDO USA Ninety-five per cent of firms plan to close five deals or less within the coming year, a slightly higher projection

Over USD3.15 billion of private equity investment was injected into mining projects during 2015 over 119 deals, according to law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) latest annual Private Equity in Mining Report. The research, published at the start of Investing in African Mining, Indaba 2016 in Cape Town, shows a

In the fourth quarter of 2015, institutional asset owners gained approximately 2 per cent at the median, according to Northern Trust Universe data. This marked a significant rebound from the median loss of 4.6 per cent recorded in the third quarter. The Northern Trust Universe tracks the performance of about

The median discount to net asset value (NAV) for investment trusts and companies in the UK listed space narrowed over 2015 from 7.5 per cent to 6.6 per cent, according to research from investment trust research company QuotedData. The median discounts of the differing classes of UK trusts all followed

The Central London private hospital market is opening up to a new breed of small, highly specialised provider, according to the latest research from healthcare analyst LaingBuisson. Findings published in the updated Private Acute Medical Care in Central London show that theatre capacity in the capital’s private hospital sector is

In its 2016 Global Infrastructure Report, Preqin finds that both fund managers and investors are concerned with sourcing deals at compelling pricing in 2016. The average size of infrastructure transactions completed in 2015 stands at a record USD528 million, and the majority (51 per cent) of surveyed fund managers said

Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of Baird, had an active year in 2015 for new and follow-on investments and exits and is predicting that the investment and exit environment in 2016 will continue to be attractive globally.  During 2015, Baird Capital deployed over USD130 million in 43 new

A survey of private equity investors has found that 30 per cent feel their investments have exceeded their expectations over the past year, up from 17 per cent that felt that way in December 2014.  Only 6 per cent of investors surveyed as part of Preqin’s 2016 Global Private Equity