Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) showed extraordinary resilience in 2020 despite the challenges of the pandemic, according to a new survey of VCT managers conducted by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). In the survey, which was conducted between 1 December 2020 and 6 January 2021, 40 per cent of managers
i5invest and the Vienna University of Economics’ Entrepreneurship Center publish ‘The European Capital Report 2021’, revealing that both Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds have substantially been gaining ground despite Covid-19. With 64 new European funds that have been established in the last 24 months, the total number of players
Investments into the online healthcare sector soared in 2020, supercharged by Covid-19. According to the research data analysed and published by Finaria, the total digital health funding in 2020 amounted to USD21.6 billion. VC funding led with a total of USD14.8 billion across 637 deals, a 66 per cent year-over-year
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM), the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), and Liquefy, a Hong-Kong based tokenisation platform, have released a new research paper that provides key insights into the benefits and challenges inherent in bringing a tokenisation approach to a wide range of alternative asset classes. Read
Research by regional mid-market private equity firm YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has revealed a growing focus on culture and working practices, rather than simply valuation, after almost a year of interrupted working and repeated lockdowns. The survey polled over 120 entrepreneurs, advisers and dealmakers across the UK in December, and
UK private equity deal activity bounced back in the second half of 2020, although a profound slump in transactions in Q2 as lockdown gripped the M&A market meant that total annual deal volumes hit their lowest levels in more than seven years. KPMG’s latest study of UK transactions involving private
An improved public health environment and the possibility of higher capital gains taxes will likely drive increased merger and acquisition activity in 2021, according to a Citizens survey of 700 leaders at US middle market companies and private equity firms. Companies will rely on M&A for growth in 2021 and
Returns from venture funds globally reached a record level in Q2 2020, despite the Covid-19 crisis, and remained high as the year progressed, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report. Up to the end of Q3, 2020 has been an exceptional year for venture capital performance, with funds
Alternative data specialist Eagle Alpha, has added AI-driven financial information technology provider Causality Link’s data to its library of alternative data supplied to asset managers, private equity professionals and corporate enterprises. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
Sector-specialist M&A advisory firm Ciesco has reported global resilience in the tech, digital, media and marketing sectors in the face of the Covid crisis. Ciesco tracked global M&A activity in these sectors, reporting 1,091 M&A transactions in 2020, with announced deal values of USD55.9 billion. This value excluded the one
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