Endowments and foundations continue to see private equity an important part of their allocation strategy, according to a new study by NEPC, but valuations are a concern for over half (58 per cent) of those questioned inn the Q3 2015 NEPC Endowment and Foundation Poll. This survey, which as with

Capital raising by high tech Israeli companies totalled USD3.2 billion in the first nine months of 2015, and is expected to surpass 2014’s total by year end, according to a new report by the IVC Research Centre and KPMG. The third quarter of 2015 concluded with USD1.1 billion raised by

The UK is at the centre of European M&A in 2015, with deal values already exceeding FY 2014 according to MergerMarket’s Q1-3 trend report. The first six month’s of the year have also seen the highest H1 deal value on record. Turmoil in the Greek economy and the weakened euro

Competition for dollars raised from investors has never been higher with more than 2,200 funds currently seeking to raise an aggregate amount of USD780 billion, according to a report by secondaries adviser and placement agent Cebile Capital. The average size of funds in the market is declining from USD782 million

Small to mid-sized corporates across North America, EMEA and Europe report that their ability to manage working capital is not being supported effectively by their banks, according to a new survey conducted by Misys. Some 50 per cent of respondents identified forecasting cash flow remains their biggest working capital challenge

In spite of considerable market unrest, the German private equity landscape is seeing momentum return on the financing front and to portfolio companies. The purchase prices of potential takeover candidates are at a record high, however, as the latest private equity panel survey by CMS and FINANCE magazine reveals.  

M&A deal value is at its highest level since 2007, but Europe's executives are adopting a more cautious outlook on European M&A, according to research carried out international law firm CMS, in partnership with Mergermarket. 
The report’s respondents comprise 230 key M&A stakeholders across all European geographies, including CEOs, finance

The ICMA-NAFMII Working Group, which brings together experts from financial institutions in China and the UK to share expertise on processes, practices, and the associated market infrastructure in debt capital markets, has issued its first report: ‘Practices and procedures in the Chinese and international primary debt capital markets’.  The report

Non-banks (including insurers and funds) can add some fire-power to European policy makers' initiatives to fund small businesses by packaging their loans into structured deals, according to a new report Moody's Investors Service. "Securitisation enables investors, such as insurers and pension funds, to transform their investments into more liquid instruments