Despite efforts by private equity firms to tackle gender diversity, a recent survey of 289 private equity professionals (conducted by Investec and MJ Hudson) has revealed that women do not think that the industry is pushing hard enough with efforts to improve gender diversity, with almost half (48 per cent)
Over three-quarters (79 per cent) of respondents to a new investor and operational due diligence (ODD) analyst survey by Corgentum are spending more time analysing compliance and regulatory risks in funds, compared to last year. Recent key areas of focus during fund manager due diligence cited include the 2019 examination
New research from eFront, a financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has shown that Chinese venture capital funds are outperforming those in the US and Europe in terms of return on capital. A detailed analysis of venture capital funds globally shows that Chinese funds of vintage years
Jersey’s funds industry continued to see a rise in the number of alternative fund managers choosing to market their funds through national private placement regimes (NPPR) in the second half of 2018, according to the latest figures from Jersey’s financial regulator. Data from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) shows
Global private markets AUM and total deal value both reached record highs in 2018 while fundraising eased slightly from prior records, according to McKinsey & Company 2019 annual review report: ‘Private markets come of age’. The report offers comprehensive analysis of 2018 with the full year’s data across five asset
The UK’s BGF has been named the world’s most active investor in businesses seeking growth and expansion funding in Pitchbook’s 2018 global league tables, following a record year of investment. Pitchbook’s annual global league tables rank the most active private equity and venture capital investors from around the world. BGF
DealCloud, a specialist in CRM and deal management technology for the capital markets, has partnered with alternative assets data provider Preqin to integrate Preqin’s data with DealCloud’s DataCortex product. “We believe that modern-day dealmakers, fund managers, and investor relations professionals deserve to have all of their outsourced data accessible in
Chinese companies have outpaced their western counterparts by value in the top five VC funded companies in the global payments space during 2018, according to GlobalData, a leading and data analytics company. Of the top five, two companies represented China with a combined value of USD14.73 billion, followed by two
Venture capital funding to automotive start-ups totalled USD8 billion in 2018, according to the latest Automotive Technology M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions adviser, Hampleton Partners. In parallel, almost 100 M&A deals were inked, including Renault, Ford and Volkswagen’s autotech acquisitions in the second half of 2018;
Triggered by both limited partner (LP) requirements for more ‘skin in the game’, and the rising demand for private equity funds pushing up fund sizes, GPs are struggling to free up funds for increasingly large personal commitments, according to the 2018-19 Investec GP Trends survey. The research, which surveyed 289
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