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Diverse managers historically generate attractive adjusted risk/return profiles within middle market PE, says new RCP research

RCP Advisors (RCP), an independent sponsor of private equity funds-of-funds, secondary funds, and co-investment funds, has released a new report – Diversity and Financial Outperformance in Middle Market PE – which features multiple analyses of minority, women, veteran, and disabled majority-owned North American lower middle market private equity firms and

Positive Returns

Private Equity performance at decade high, says eFront

eFront, a financial software and solutions provider dedicated to private markets, and a part of BlackRock, has released its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance Overview, covering the period to the end of Q2 2021.  The report shows that the second quarter of 2021 was a particularly good one for the

UK business deal

Bolt-on transactions more than double pre-pandemic levels, says Rickitt Mitchell

The number and value of acquisitions made by private equity-backed businesses across the UK in 2021 significantly exceeded levels seen in 2019 and 2020, according to Rickitt Mitchell’s Buy and Build Barometer. The latest analysis from the corporate finance firm, conducted in partnership with Experian Market iQ, reveals 578 deals

Women hold just 12.9 per cent of senior positions in alternatives, says Preqin

Preqin’s new Women in Alternatives 2022 report shows that although the alternatives industry has not seen a major drop in the proportion of female employees during the Covid-19 pandemic, there is more work to be done to rectify the marked gender imbalance, especially in senior positions. Gender balance has improved,

Deal-making

Average PE deal passes USD1bn mark for first time ever

Private equity set a remarkable new standard for itself in 2021, with buyout deal value reaching an all-time high of USD1.1 trillion, doubling 2020’s total of USD577 billion and shattering the previous record of USD804 billion set in 2006 during the exuberant run-up to the global financial crisis.

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