Senior secondaries practitioners expect to achieve pre-leverage returns of just 9-13 per cent on a deal-by-deal basis over the next three to five years, and anticipate a fall in pricing in the second half of 2015. This is according to a poll of over 80 senior members of the secondaries
As mainstream banks continue to face growing pressure from the alternative finance industry, a new study by Amicus Finance, a provider of short term lending solutions, has revealed the key factors driving small businesses towards alternative lenders. According to the report, nearly half (45 per cent) of small business owners
Improved rail, roads and runways ranked first among the business issues that need to be prioritised by the new UK Government, according to a survey of senior business leaders carried out by BGF. Twenty five per cent prioritised physical infrastructure, while 19 per cent highlighted the need to see simplified
Jersey has attracted more than USD65 billion and distributed in excess of USD75 billion of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) annually, adding considerable value to the global economy as a result. That’s according to the findings of a new report commissioned by Jersey Finance, which was produced by global management advisory
Alternative investments could reach a high of USD15.3 trillion by 2020, according to a new report from PwC – ‘Alternative Asset Management in 2020: Fast Forward to Centre Stage’. USD15.3 trillion worth of alternative investments are predicted by 2020 if the high performance of capital markets continues to be driven
In an effort to narrow the gap between dynamically managed, multi-asset institutional portfolios and the current set of static, single asset class or balanced retail fund offerings that combine just equities and bonds, asset managers are increasingly likely to bundle together three growing product sets into new packaged retail solutions
A significant majority of high net worth and institutional investors plan to increase their allocation to alternative funds in 2015, according to a survey conducted by Altegris Advisors. Findings of the Altegris Investor Survey, conducted at the Strategic Investment Conference, hosted by Altegris and Mauldin Economics, revealed that 66 per
The combined 10 year internal rate of return (IRR) for private equity and venture capital stood at 14.9 per cent for 2014, nearly double the figure returned by UK pension fund assets (7.8 per cent) and the FTSE All-Share (7.6 per cent). That’s according to the BVCA’s annual Performance Measurement
A report from the Stockholm School of Economics has found that Stockholm is Europe’s second most sought after city for Fintech investments in the past five years. The Swedish capital accounted for 18.3 per cent of all Fintech investments in this time period, putting it behind only London. The report’s authors comment that
Social media and the right team seem to be crucial factors in achieving the goal for a crowdfunding campaign, according to a new research report by FundedByMe. FundedByMe is one of the only full-service crowdfunding platforms offering capital through equity, debt and reward based crowdfunding and has funded some 500
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