CMS’s 8th annual M&A Study predicts an uncertain year despite the record levels of deal value in 2015. In the study, CMS analyses over 2,000 of its non-listed European public and private company deals between 2010 and 2015. The uncertainty is attributed to a number of grey or black swan

Uneven portfolio company performance may be driving private equity fund managers’ modest expectations in 2016, according to the seventh annual PErspective Private Equity Study by BDO USA. Twenty-two per cent of fund managers surveyed report that 16 to 20 per cent of their portfolio companies are performing below forecast, while

This year’s annual VCT Manager poll by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) finds the majority of VCT managers optimistic about current investment opportunities. Almost half of respondents said that they are currently finding a similar number of investment opportunities to last year, before the rule changes; around a fifth

The vast majority of respondents to private equity fund administrator Augentius’ latest annual survey are cautiously optimistic about the outlook for the industry in 2016. Approximately 81 per cent of those surveyed believe that the general market climate in 2016 will be either the same (44.44 per cent) or more positive (36.51 per cent). Just over

The introduction of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is having little impact on the scale of US alternative fund managers’ activity in the European market, according to research looking at US manager attitudes towards the regulation. The ‘Impact of AIFMD on the European & US alternative fund

Operational improvement has become the main source of value creation in private equity, increasing its share from 18 per cent in the 1980s to 48 per cent in 2012, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). When PE professionals were asked their most frequently used approach

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