Preqin’s latest research into the Asian private equity industry has highlighted the accelerated growth in venture capital investment throughout the region in recent years. After a number of years of slower fundraising and investment activity across the continent, venture capital deal flow across Asia, particularly in more emerging economies such
The European buy and build market has experienced very low activity levels and deal values in quarter one 2014 dragging down half year figures, according to figures released by Silverfleet Capital and Mergermarket. The European Buy & Build Monitor for H1 2014, which tracks add-on activity undertaken by European companies
The gradual economic improvement in Europe, increasingly liquid debt markets and stronger IPO market conditions supported an increase in exit activity of PE-backed businesses in 2013. That’s according to EY’s ninth annual European PE exits study. Last year saw 77 exits in the population covered by the study versus 61
Emerging markets private equity (EM PE) fundraising and investment activity in the first half of 2014 showed positive signs of growth, as funds raised and capital invested increased year-on-year. Fund managers raised USD20 billion and invested USD14 billion through the first six months of 2014, corresponding to a 48 per
As Asia's free-market economies mature, general partners (GPs) need to change the way they work with their portfolio companies, according to a survey by AlixPartners. The report, entitled "Building Better Businesses; A Survey Report on Private Equity Value Creation in Asia," says that doing more hands-on work to increase portfolio
The global private equity secondaries market is now at an inflection point, demonstrating its capacity to support liquidity events and fund restructurings for multiple limited partners seeking early exits from their holdings, says Neil Campbell, global head of Tullett Prebon Alternative Investments (TPAI). Campbell says such efforts work best when
The success rate among small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) applying for finance has risen to 80 per cent in 2014 up from 71 per cent in 2013, according to research by Albion Ventures. Despite more SMEs receiving the funds they need to grow, the second Albion Growth Report shows that
The first half of 2014 marked the busiest period to date for the secondary market for private equity, real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds, according to the Setter Capital Volume Report – H1 2014. The report reveals that volume was up 47 per cent from the same period last year,
The number of funds notifying the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) of their intention to privately place into Europe under AIFMD rules has broken through the 150 mark. Figures collated by the JFSC show that, as at 22 July, a total of 164 funds had opted to make use of
France’s cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity is rising considerably as the corporate M&A appetite once again returns to North America and Europe, according to a study by Robert W Baird Group. Of the USD450bn worth of M&A deals taken place so far in 2014 – the highest half year
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