Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) is to partner with FTSE 100 Informa PLC to create a financial data and technology provider by bringing together two complementary businesses: Informa Financial Intelligence’s Financial Benchmarking & Omnichannel Experience (FBX) business and Novantas Inc, a financial data services company. The investment is being made
Citi and Barclays were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the power sector for Q1 2021 by value and volume, respectively. Citi advised on three deals worth USD10 billion, which was the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Barclays led in the volume terms having advised
The total value of UK private equity club deals hit GBP19.7 billion last year, a fourfold increase from the GBP4.5 billion last year, says Pinsent Masons, the multinational law firm. The number of these ‘club deals’ has reached a three-year high (see graph below) – there were 56 deals last
The report,McKinsey & Company today published its Global Private Markets Review 2021 – A year of disruption in the private markets – maps out a tumultuous year for global private markets, as Covid-19 wrought havoc on fundraising and deal activity, but finds that private equity rebounded vigorously in the second
A new report from eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, shows that private equity holding periods extended in 2020 to a record 5.4 years on average, at the same time as returns dipped. The data also showed that investments held for longer periods tend
Venture capital and growth equity firm Endeavour Vision has a 20-year history of investing in growth-stage medtech and digital health companies in Europe and the US. Here Private Equity Wire asks Bernard Vogel, co-founder and managing partner, and Meret Gaugler (pictured, above-right, with Vogel), head of investment strategy, for their
European private equity deal activity value and volume increased to quarterly records spurred by increasing middle-market and micro-cap activity, respectively, according to PitchBook’s newly released Q1 2021 European Private Equity Breakdown report. Deal value and volume both accelerated to quarterly records supported by increased middle-market activity (deals sized between
Cybersecurity fundraising activity is on track for another record year, according to ICON Corporate Finance’s April 2021 cybersecurity sector report, which reveals that sector valuations have hit historic highs over the past 12 months. In Q1 2021 USD3.7 billion was invested by VCs globally, an increase of +35 per cent.
In a yet a further sign of continuing maturity in private equity, its secondary market is being driven by GP-led deals, giving rise to a greater proliferation of single asset transactions. And as AlpInvest’s Neal Costello explains, this is presenting wider opportunities for liquidity providers.
Private equity-backed and family-owned businesses are significantly behind listed companies in gender diversity at board level, with women making up just 13 per cent and 10 per cent of boards respectively at these businesses versus 34 per cent at FTSE 350 companies, says New Street Consulting Group, the leadership and
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