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SIX launches marijuana related data service

Switzerland-based financial data expert SIX is launching a new service covering over 30,000 Financial Instruments (Securities) in connection with Marijuana Related Businesses (MRB) following the success of their SIX Sanctioned Securities Monitoring Service. The service comes at a time when many financial institutions grapple with the complex and changing legal

Private equity drives marketing M&A in H1 2019

New research has revealed that M&A activity in the marketing sector in the first half of 2019 was largely driven by private equity (PE) investment, with many of the traditional network acquirers absent from the list of most active buyers. There were 91 private equity deals in Q2, bringing the

Mark O'Hare, Preqin

European alternatives industry hits EUR1.62 trillion in assets

Although the macroeconomic picture for Europe has been muted in the past 24 months, the continent’s alternatives industry is moving from strength to strength, according to Preqin’s second annual Alternatives in Europe report in published in partnership with Amundi. 2018 has seen record activity across most alternative asset classes, with

Spanish private capital reaches investment volume of over EUR4bn in H1 2019

According to the first estimates obtained by Spanish private capital trade body ASCRI through the European platform EDC, the volume of private capital investment in Spain during the first half of 2019 reached EUR4.06 billion in 328 deals.  During the period, nine megadeals (transactions of more than EUR100 million) were

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Private equity activity down 1.8 per cent YoY, says Bloomberg League Tables

Global private equity activity decreased by 1.8 per cent year-on-year to USD550.6 billion in transactions, according to Bloomberg’s final Q2 2019 league table reports, which represent market leaders across a broad range of deal types, including M&A, Equities, loans and bonds transactions over the last quarter. However, the United States continued to be

Tim Swales, Equistone

Equistone to acquire Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services

European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is to acquire Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services (Knowledge Services), a provider of bespoke research, analytics and automation technology to the financial services sector, from Moody’s Corporation. Established in 2014 through the merger of the Moody’s subsidiaries Copal Partners and Amba Research,

Preqin private equity data now available through FactSet

Preqin’s private equity data will now be available via FactSet, a provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications. Subscribers will be able to access the data via the FactSet workstation, allowing users to integrate private market data into their workflows. Clients will be able to see an integrated live

AI will change corporate deal-making forever, says ICAEW

The ability to predict and shape the long term success of global takeovers is often seen as the ‘holy grail’ for CEOs, investors and their advisors, and a new report from chartered accountancy body ICAEW and Drooms reveals that some key decision making may soon be taken away from humans

Private equity managers still underestimate impact of green finance

Research carried out by Guernsey Finance has revealed rising interest in green investment from private equity managers, but it also flags that they underestimate the funding requirements and commercial opportunity for limiting global warming. Three-quarters of those surveyed had increased exposure in green and sustainable finance and everyone planned to

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