Investors no longer regard Central and Eastern Europe as a coherent investment area as countries in the region present increasingly different risk profiles, according to CMS’s Emerging Europe M&A Report 2015/2016, published by in conjunction with EMIS. The report reveals that while the CEE M&A market overall was down on

Almost half (44 per cent) of small and medium-sized firms applying for development finance over the past year were successful, up from 27 per cent in 2014, according to a report by Albion Ventures. The third Albion Growth Report, designed to shed light on the factors that both create and

More European private equity firms are increasing the personal capital executives devote to their funds, according to new research from Investec. The firm’s annual GP Trends report, now in its sixth year, captures the views of 81 senior private equity professionals in the UK and Europe, with approximately €58 billion

By James Local, director, Livingstone Partners – A market in a growth phase, with numerous high-performing businesses run by hungry entrepreneurs who are receptive to the idea of taking investment, and a good history of secondary buy-outs and trade exits. What’s not to like about the recruitment industry? The recruitment

Investors remain bullish about private equity with average annual return expectations – net of fees, expenses and carried interest – of 11.7 per cent IRR and 1.6x multiple of cost (MoC) for managers that begin investing today. That’s according to a survey by fundraising and secondaries advisory firm Rede, which