Almost three-quarters (70 per cent) of private equity firms are planning to deploy capital in Latin America over the next five years, according to a new study, fuelled by attractive valuations and a growing appetite for cross-border deal flow as the global economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. The new
The value of UK carve-out deals has increased 182 per cent to GBP30.8 billion in the past year as major corporates dispose of businesses that are no longer relevant to their long-term strategy, shows research by RPC, the international law firm.
More than two-thirds (67 per cent) of private equity professionals expect to achieve higher returns this year than in 2020, with just 3 per cent expecting lower returns, according to Investec’s annual GP Trends survey. The research, which analyses the views of 219 private equity professionals around the world, reveals
M&A activity has surged in H1 2021, fuelled by both the availability of investment capital from Private Equity and the increased political and economic confidence prompted by the success of the global vaccination take-up. In its latest report, Ciesco, a specialist M&A advisory firm operating in the tech, digital, media
Morrisons is the latest well-known UK business to announce a potential sale to private equity following others such as the AA earlier in the year. Last year there were 25 take-private deals with a total value of GBP21.1 billion, according to professional services firm BDO. Private equity’s interest in public
The UK IPO market has continued its resurgence throughout H1 2021 with the number of new listings on the London Stock Exchange already exceeding the number that listed in the whole of 2020, according to research from law firm Pinsent Masons. As of 28 June 2021, 45 companies have listed
Almost half (45 per cent) of valuation experts believe a lack of a standardised and recognised measurement system is the biggest threat to effective environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures for businesses. That’s according to new research from Duff & Phelps highlighting the issues caused by the lack of a
New data from the BioIndustry Association (BIA) and Clarivate shows that the UK’s biotech and life sciences sector is on the cusp of a golden age driven by strong demand from global investors for UK innovation, with GBP1.56 billion invested in the last quarter (March 2021 – May 2021). This
The European private equity industry rebounded strongly in the 12 months to 30 June 2021 following the initial shock of Covid-induced lockdowns, according to the first provisional half-yearly data announcement from CMBOR, the Centre for Private Equity and MBO Research, since its re-establishment within Nottingham University Business School last month
A new report from Invest Europe, an association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, shows that European private equity strongly outperformed listed equity benchmarks to the end of 2020, underlining the industry’s resilience during the Covid-19 crisis and its consistent ability to
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