Despite reports of a moribund UK economy, the UK insurance sector has proven its resilience, with M&A activity continuing unabated, according to Clearwater International.The large-scale consolidation of the UK market, which has been running for many years, appears to be continuing. Interest in M&A is likely to continue, as investors
Private equity firms’ knowledge of the insurance market and strategic use of cover remains relatively limited, according to research undertaken by Gallagher, one of the world’s largest insurance broking, risk management and consulting services companies.In Q1 this year, just 17 per cent of firms reported a comprehensive knowledge and awareness
The latest RisCura-SAVCA South African Private Equity Performance report reveals that private equity, like many asset classes, has been adversely affected by Covid-19.The 2020 first quarter report tracks a representative basket of private equity funds in South Africa. Monwabisi Zikolo, a senior private equity analyst at investment firm RisCura, says
UK private equity and venture capital funds generated 10-year returns of 14.2 per cent in 2019, outperforming the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, according to new research from the BVCA.The BVCA’s annual Performance Measurement Survey, produced with PwC, reports on the aggregated performance of all independent UK venture capital and
The latest CEPRES Private Capital Market Outlook shows how Q2 2020 M&A deal value in the US declined by 60 per cent quarter-on-quarter which also represents a 50 per cent decrease year-on-year. These developments in the US exit markets reflect the weak market and investor sentiment during Q2, most likely
The latest CEPRES white paper explores trend developments in Private Debt, based on an analysis of deal level transactional data from the CEPRES Platform, encompassing 12,800 Private Debt deals and over 234,000 cash flow transactions, as well as over 800 Private Debt focused funds, from the millennium through to recent
AST Private Company Solutions (AST PCS) has formed a new strategic partnership with HC Global Funds Services, (HC Global) as a provider of fund administration services to seed fund, accelerator fund, venture, and private equity funds as well as special purpose vehicles. Users of AST PCS’s recently launched Astrella capitalisation (cap)
US alternative investment managers (alt IMs) have seen a recovery in fund performance and balance sheet investment valuations in Q2 2020, on the back of rebounding equity markets and credit spread tightening, according to Fitch Ratings. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
A new report by M&A and strategic advisory firm, Aquaa Partners, has found that the value-led investment approach in non-tech companies common among many institutional investors is undervaluing the significant role tech companies play in delivering investor returns.The new report, titled, ‘The death of value investing and the dawn of
Funding for UK cybersecurity start-ups has increased by a staggering 940 per cent since the beginning of lockdown – with GBP496 million being raised in the first half of 2020, almost outstripping the 2019 total of GBP521 million.
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