Given the economic instability generated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, European private equity deal activity showed remarkable resilience last year, according to Pitchbook’s 2020 European PE Breakdown. The report found that private equity deal volume rose to a new quarterly peak in Q4 last year, closing more than 1,200
The total value of UK listed companies taken private by private equity firms increased from GBP2.3 billion to GBP21.1 billion in the last 12 months, shows new research from accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP.
A new report by technology-focused investment bank ICON Corporate Finance, has revealed that despite Covid causing a 50 per cent year-on-year collapse in Tech M&A activity in the second quarter, a remarkable bounce-back led to a spate of M&A activity in businesses focussed on Digital Transformation, resulting in a near
Despite the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and slow economic recovery, global venture capital (VC) investments during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 remained robust and were nearly at pre-pandemic levels. Albeit, the number of VC deals witnessed a continuous decline for the seventh straight quarter, there was an
Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue, and the University of Oxford’s Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) within the Blavatnik School of Government, have release the ‘Exploring Social Investment – An Indigo Technical & Learning Report’ detailing their collaboration towards data sharing in the social outcomes
Fast-growth UK businesses closed 2020 in their strongest position, attracting more than GBP3.8 billion of Venture Capital (VC) investment during the final quarter of the year, according to new figures. Despite further Covid-19 related restrictions being in place, Q4 was the strongest quarter of the year for VC-backed deals, according
The total number of registered Jersey Private Funds (JPFs) has grown by almost two-fifths year-on-year, according to the latest figures, as the structure continues to assert its appeal for cross-border alternative fund structuring. According to the latest quarterly statistics collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission and published by Jersey
The latest Enterprise Software M&A report from Hampleton Partners, an international technology mergers and acquisitions adviser, reveals that the number of deals targeting enterprise software assets has jumped, with 836 deals recorded in the second half of 2020 compared to 641 deals in the first half of the year. Total
Innovate Finance, an industry body representing UK FinTech, has released investment figures for the global FinTech sector in 2020 that reinforce the UK’s position as a global and European leader. The UK FinTech sector has retained its role as the top-ranking investment destination in Europe, with USD4.1 billion venture capital
M&A valuations are soaring, with rich valuations and intense competition for many digital or technology-based assets driving global deals activity, according to PwC’s latest Global M&A Industry Trends analysis. Covering the last six months of 2020, the analysis examines global deals activity and incorporates insights from PwC’s deals industry specialists
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