CEPRES has released its latest analysis of the North American Buyout market revealing the changing dynamics in pricing multiples and value creation post-GFC (Global Financial Crisis). By analysing the 4,485 North America Buyout deals since 2009, CEPRES discovered the buy-sell pricing spread has been compressed, while both Entry and Exit
IBA Group, an international aviation consultancy, has launched a new online market intelligence and analysis platform IBA iQ Trends, for investors, lessors, airlines and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Unlike other static aviation and airline data sets, IBA iQ Trends combines key economic data and world events in real time, with
Findings released today from mid-market debt and advisory firm Livingstone show that merger and acquisition (M&A) activity by Japanese groups in 2017 grew by 42 per cent over 2013 and 13 per cent over 2016 across the globe, stimulated by Japanese interest in international expansion with the encouragement of the
Murray Devine Valuation Advisors has released its 2018 Q3 Private Equity Valuations Report, showing that during the first nine months of the year, PE firms paid a median valuation multiple of 11.9-times EBITDA for new investments. The Q3 report, ‘This Train Keeps Rolling,’ breaks down private equity activity in 2018
LBO performance has fallen for three straight quarters from its 10-year high in 2017, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report. LBO funds have enjoyed almost a decade of increasing performance since the financial crisis, reaching an all-time high in the third quarter of 2017, with an all-time
Private equity funds in Africa are increasingly investing in early-stage businesses in the search for earnings growth. This is partially driven by the rising trend in purchase prices of private companies in Africa as indicated by the latest Bright Africa 2018 report. Bright Africa is an ongoing research effort into
There will be new issuance of GBP11.3 billion in listed investment companies over the next three years with two thirds of this new issuance to occur in alternative investments, according to Joachim Klement (pictured), Head of Investment Research at Fidante Partners. Klement says: “The number of alternative investment companies launched
Q3 2018 saw 3,894 venture capital-backed deals announced worth a total of USD69 billion, according to data released by Preqin. This brings total year-to-date deal making to USD195 billion, meaning that the first three quarters of 2018 have already surpassed 2017’s full-year record of USD189 billion in venture capital deals.
Some 90 per cent of LPs surveyed by Rede Partners for the 2H2018 Rede Liquidity Index (RLI) expect to increase or maintain their existing allocations to primary funds over the next year, leading to an overall RLI score of 63, down slightly from 65 in H1 2018. Expectations for the
James Williams, managing editor at Hedgeweek, assesses how data analytics techniques can be used to personalise client experiences for investment managers. The amount of data is growing exponentially. According to IDC, there were 16.3 zettabytes of information generated in 2017 alone; one zettabyte is 1 billion terabytes. However you cut
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