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Insight

Global M&A appetite remains strong with busy start to 2022

Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has seen a strong start to 2022 with the number of completed deals valued over USD100 million in the first quarter exceeding the same period last year. Supported by historically low interest rates, increased market confidence, abundant capital and the pursuit of transformative deals,

Tech in PE

Majority of LPs attracted by tech-enabled PE managers

Sixty per cent of Limited Partner (LP) respondents surveyed in the Brackendale Private Equity Technology LP Sentiment Survey H1 2022, produced in association with AssetMetrix, said that they would be more likely to consider allocating to a fund, if the fund manager had a tech-enabled partner to outsource their middle

PE deal value hits record USD1.1tn in 2021, says Bain & Company research

New research from Bain Company has revealed that private equity deal value hit a record USD1.1 trillion in 2021, according to a report by Private Equity Insights. The total for the year was twice that seen in 2020 (USD577 billion) edand far exceed the previous record high of USD804bn seen

Fundraising technology

Technology is a weapon in the fundraising war

2022 will be the year the level of in-person and online meetings rebalance to create a new fundraising ‘normal’ for years to come… The private market fundraising process underwent a historic transformation through the various stages of Covid-19, but many of the adjustments made during 2020 and 2021 are now

Financial technology

LPs keep one eye on tech, as impact funds swell

By Colin Leopold – Rising public market valuations and tech-based disruption has pushed investors towards sector specialist managers. Demand is now building for more general macro strategies too…

Q&A

Asking the allocators

By Colin Leopold – Q&A with Ian Sandiford, Senior Portfolio Manager – Alternatives, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, and Steffen Pauls, CEO Moonface…

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