The carnage in the syndicated bank market looks set to continue and the near-term liquidity of direct lenders is being squeezed. Private equity sponsors are looking for other levers to pull on their buyout financing, writes Colin Leopold
Private equity funds have accelerated the acquisition of European oil and gas assets, with 16 deals worth a combined £12 billion announced in the 12-month period ended 31 July 2022, according to data from global law firm Mayer Brown.
Data is yet to capture the full extent of the ‘valuation reset’ across late-stage VC, while lower valued early-stage start-ups could face consolidation… Late-stage VC has been hit hardest by the reset in valuations, with the number of high-profile examples snowballing through 2022. At one point last year, payments start-up
Billion-dollar start-ups are spreading across Europe at a rapid rate. US VC firms have taken notice. But do hubs in London and Paris really have an advantage over Silicon Valley? Once considered a frontier market by VCs in Silicon Valley, Europe has developed a network which currently leads the industry
Dry powder now exceeds $500 billion but VC funds are more likely to be cautious and counter-cyclical in the current market… Global start-up funding is slowing but still exceeds pre-pandemic levels, both by deal number and total deal value. Q2 saw the largest quarterly drop in investment in nearly a decade
Historically high levels of venture capital are still being raised by fund managers, but the number of them doing so is starting to fall… Despite the valuation bubble bursting in parts of the venture capital market, the amount of capital raised by funds during the first half of 2022 has
The annual rate of AUM growth across all private capital asset classes will slow to 11.9% between 2021 and 2027, from 14.9% between 2015 and 2021, according to a latest report by Preqin.
UK-listed companies are expected to be targeted for takeover by US buyout firms following the sterling slump, it was reported last week.
Multi-asset GP-led secondary transactions are expected to be favoured by investors through the second half of the year, according to a new survey.
The majority (87%) of global insurers are looking to increase their allocation to private markets in the next 24 months, BlackRock’s latest Annual Global Insurance Report shows.
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