BGF has reported strong investment and financial performance in its 2019 Annual Report and Accounts.BGF surpassed the GBP2 billion investment milestone and surpassed 300 companies backed in total during the year. Against the backdrop of ongoing Brexit uncertainty, BGF continued to remain very active in 2019 investing more than GBP200
When the US emerges from Covid-19, 70 per cent of American c-suite execs and small business owners plan to hire fewer employees to perform the same amount of work, while only 4 per cent plan to hire more people than before the pandemic. According to a national survey of 3,500
The world of private capital has witnessed a solid number of tech fund closures and tech related deals since the coronavirus crisis began. But despite the sharp rally that started in March and continued through April though, William De Gale, co-portfolio manager of BlueBox Global Technology, is cautioning against thinking
In a recent white paper entitled Evolution in Asset Management, SEI pointed out that 70 per cent of US fund managers are currently looking to deploy advanced analytics in the front-office. The field of data science and machine learning-based data analysis is helping to transform how fund managers think about
A majority (83 per cent) of private equity GPs do not expect to make a portfolio exit within the next 12 months in the Covid-19 environment, a new report by Investec reveals.
The number of private equity (PE) backed deals for AIM companies has trebled in the last 12 months and the Covid-19 driven stock market fall could see this trend continue if AIM’s valuation gap with the main market grows, says accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO LLP.12 companies from AIM
Some 89 per cent of private equity firms polled by New Street Group, the leadership and people solutions consultancy, say they are highly likely or likely to deploy capital in the next three-six months, suggesting funds see opportunities in the market amidst the coronavirus crisis.A sudden drop in share prices
Returning cash to shareholders or changing managers is likely to look less appealing in the current climate, while underwater shareholders may regret lowball bids from strategic acquirers or private equity sponsors, according to a new report by Activist Insight. The report, titled Covid-19: The impact on shareholder activism, explores some of
More than half of PE firms (52 per cent) are open to hiring people via video calls, according to an April survey by PE and venture capital recruitment firm PER. According to Rupert Bell, director of Dach at PER, there’s still a lot of interview activity going on in the
Private equity net cash flows could see a 65 per cent fall in distributions in 2020, according to new research by HEC Paris.
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