The UK’s tech industry is leading the way in the creation of billion-dollar businesses despite Brexit fears, according to research released today by technology investment bank GP Bullhound. In the past year, the UK has added six billion-dollar tech companies worth USD12.4 billion to its club of 26, more than
The market for initial public offerings in Canada crested the halfway point of 2018 with just more than CAD1 billion of new equity raised – a market characterised as ‘slow and steady’, according to the latest quarterly PwC Canada survey of the Canadian IPO market, published today. Eleven new issues
Investment professionals, financial executives and mergers and acquisition execs are increasingly using ‘alternative’ data to obtain a competitive edge. Satellite images of shopping centre parking lots, trucking schedules, mobile phone usage patterns and more can offer insights that create an edge in finding investment opportunities, vetting acquisition targets and closing
Founded in 2002, the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA) has gone from strength to strength in the alternative investment education arena. William Kelly (pictured), CAIA CEO, joined in 2014 and declares that, while it’s been an interesting run, the value proposition of alternatives is alive and well. Kelly
CEPRES has released its latest analytics of the private markets landscape showing the increasing dominance of the largest private equity firms on their PE.Analyzer investment network. Of 5,195 funds active on the platform, 80 per cent of the capital is now being raised by only 20 per cent of larger
LGT Capital Partners reports that European alternatives managers’ adoption of ESG principals has increased. The sixth annual ESG Report assessed some 294 managers globally, grading them on how successfully they have integrated environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment activities. The report found that the majority, at
European Buy & Build activity reached its highest level on record in 2017, with a total disclosed deal value of GBP7.8 billion, according to Silverfleet Capital’s European Buy & Build Monitor. The most active region for add-ons was the UK & Ireland, despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit. The
In its fourth annual Global M&A Insurance Index, JLT Specialty (JLT), a specialist insurance broker and risk consultant, has found that a drop in premium rates in 2017 led to an increase in insurance cover for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. JLT says this signals that clients prefer greater levels
Deal flow for sub-USD1 billion private equity (PE) funds accelerated at the start of 2018 and set an all-time record for any first quarter, according to data analysed by top 100 US law firm Akerman. Despite this year’s decrease experienced by the rest of middle market funds, data found in
European private equity deal-makers have put the brakes on their frenetic exit pace, with the EUR100 billion-plus generated in each of the last four years from divestments now falling to just EUR39.9 billion for the first six months of 2018, according to provisional H1 data from the CMBOR at Imperial
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