Private equity investors are paying more attention to the small print, and many are finding they are not happy with the terms on offer from fund managers.
Late-stage VC is being hit hardest by the much reported ‘reset’ in valuations, as the number of high-profile examples snowballs through 2022. In a Private Equity Wire survey in July, over half of all respondents (53%) expected to see a markdown in the valuation of their VC investments in 2022,
After almost a decade of easy money, the VC party may be over but the focus of fund managers on disruptive tech start-ups shows no sign of waning. Q2 saw the largest quarterly drop in start-up funding in nearly a decade (by 23%), according to data from CB Insights.
After raising record levels of venture capital last year, the number of funds doing so this year looks set to plummet. In Q2, global VC fundraising was down year-on-year and the number of funds closed was the lowest seen in the past five years once the Covid-19 panic months of
US private equity firm GTCR is considering a £1.3 billion deal to acquire UK-based digital identity specialist GB Group (GBB), according to a report by Private Equity Insights. The report cites a statement by the Chicago-based private investment firm as confirming recent press speculation that it is interested in acquiring
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has appointed William Trevelyan Thomas as a Director in the firm’s Investment Management group. Trevelyan Thomas will be based in LLCP’s London office. Trevelyan Thomas joins LLCP from Charterhouse Capital Partners where he served as a Director for six years and prior to that he
Though benchmark returns may be slowing after two years of record returns, limited partners still favour the asset class over public markets… While nearly 50% of firms surveyed in the latest Private Equity Wire survey believe that returns in PE will decrease, LPs haven’t been put off the asset class
The first half of 2022 has been one of the worst in recent memory for IPO exits. With large amounts of liquidity still in the M&A market, an acceleration of exits to private strategic buyers may follow… With the IPO market grinding to a veritable halt in 2022, GPs are
A marked slowdown in private equity dealmaking so far this year is expected to impact the second half. A buying opportunity may await, but sellers must adjust their valuations expectations first… Global dealmaking by private equity funds has plummeted in 2022 as banks have pulled back financing in a risk-off
Average returns across private equity have come off their 2021 peak. Fund managers say portfolios remain resilient and, in a recession, the asset class can still outperform… Private equity benchmark returns have begun a descent from their post-pandemic high. Average global returns for Q3 2021 fell to 6.8% from almost
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