Private equity chief financial officers (CFOs) reported another year of unprecedented growth of their firms but are still struggling to overcome operational issues that are dramatically eroding their margins. That’s according to the EY 2019 Global Private Equity Survey – How do you see the opportunity in your obstacles?
eVestment, a specialist in institutional investment data and analytics, and PitchBook, a data provider for the private and public equity markets, have formed a strategic partnership through which PitchBook’s private market fund performance data is now available in the eVestment Private Markets platform. The partnership offers eVestment Private Markets users
Venture capital funds globally currently offer a highly attractive risk-return profile, with Western European funds significantly outperforming the historical average, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report. The report shows that while global venture capital performance has fallen off over the past three quarters, for investors, the current
Buy and Build strategies have historically shown a higher return on capital than standalone deals, with 2018 seeing the multiples paid by private equities for this kind of deal hit record levels. That’s according to new research by management consultancy and private equity specialist CIL which examines 2,700 sectors to
Amid rising concerns about a downturn in the economic cycle, institutional investors are looking to mitigate risks by increasing allocations to private markets, according to BlackRock’s annual survey of global institutions. Globally, over half (56 per cent) of clients stated that the possibility of the cycle turning is one of
Limited partners in private equity funds should be wary of putting managers under pressure to deploy capital – that’s the conclusion of new research published by alternative investment management software and solutions provider eFront. The company’s research shows that there is an inverse correlation between the level of capital deployed
An overwhelming majority (85 per cent) of financial services professionals predict that demand for RegTech solutions will continue to grow until at least 2020 as the wave of new regulation a decade after the financial crisis shows no sign of abating. Intertrust, a global leader in providing expert administrative services
Private equity deal value in continental Europe has significantly increased in 2018, while the UK has struggled to maintain its position as the largest European market by deal value, according to provisional full-year data from CMBOR at Imperial College Business School, sponsored by Equistone Partners Europe and Investec Corporate and
Co-investing in private equity has more than doubled in a decade and accounted for approximately USD40 billion in US private investment activity last year, according to research by Cambridge Associates. That figure represents about 20 per cent of total US private equity investment. Co-investment allows institutional investors or high net
Private equity-owned portfolio companies show positive growth in employment, investment, productivity, revenue, profits and returns to investors, according to a new report from the BVCA complied by EY. The aggregated data the BVCA’s 11th annual report into the performance of private equity portfolio companies, covers 91 per cent of the
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