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
England’s North West is a prime destination for private equity and venture capital investment, and therefore a ‘key player’ in the UK’s growth-led recovery, a new report has found. The report, produced by the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), takes a closer look at investment in the
After a collapse in cross-border dealmaking in the first half of 2020 in the wake of the pandemic, foreign investment into the UK has risen considerably in recent months, according to the latest UK M&A data from Mergermarket. Inbound M&A reached GBP58.7 billion (196 deals), over 3x higher than during
Canoe Intelligence, a financial technology company focused on reimagining data management processes for alternative investors and allocators, has announced a new collaboration with Holland Mountain, a leading data solutions provider to the Private Capital industry. Through this collaboration, Holland Mountain can now offer a connector for Canoe’s technology to mutual
New research with senior private equity and venture capital professionals reveals 71 per cent expect there to be more than 160,000 commercial air taxis operating around the world by 2050. Some 17 per cent anticipate there will be over 200,000.
Boardroom Alpha, a ratings and analytics platform providing quantitative measurements of public company directors, CEOs and CFOs, has launched an intelligence tool for evaluating the performance of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
The number of M&A deals for professional services firms rose from 76 in 2019 to 89 in 2020 – including 19 acquisitions backed private equity funds – with the appetite of PE houses for deals in the sector growing, says Mayer Brown, the global law firm. Mayer Brown says the
Initially sideswiped by Covid-19 in early 2020, private credit markets began to bounce back by year’s end, leaving dealmakers optimistic that private credit might fully rebound in 2021. According to a new survey of 112 private credit industry professionals conducted in February, 91 per cent of investors and 80 per
While the “fear gauge” that tracks market volatility has remained at elevated levels since the onset of the pandemic, those who allocate alternative investment dollars for large investors are showing no signs of skittishness, according to the Alternative Investment Allocator Survey conducted by leading law firm Seward & Kissel. The
Holland Mountain, a data solutions provider to the Private Capital industry, has unveiled the new name for its data platform and announced the introduction of six brand new modular options.
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