The Standard Life European Private Equity Trust (SLEPET) has reported net asset value (NAV) total return for the six months to 31 March 2016 of 11.3 per cent. NAV total return for the 12 months to 31 March 2016 was 17.4 per cent. The NAV at 31 March 2016 rose

Preliminary figures released by SL Capital in the Q1 2016 Private Equity Barometer, published by unquote”, show that overall the year to Q1 2016 witnessed a shift towards larger deals, with total deal value increasing by 28.2 per cent, while volume slipped by 15.9 per cent.   As a result,

The Aurelius Group started the 2016 financial year very successfully with total consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2016 increasing by 58 per cent year-on-year to EUR686.4 million (Q1 2015: EUR433.9 million).  At EUR2,640.6 million, consolidated revenues on an annual basis exceeded the prior-year figure by 52 per cent

UK private equity has made a slow start in the first quarter of 2016, following the highest number of buy-outs since 2007, according to figures published by the Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR) at Imperial College Business School. The latest research, sponsored by Equistone Partners Europe Limited, shows that

The recovery rate for private equity transactions – the proportion of capital recovered in any deal where some loss has occurred – continues to maintain record levels of around 80 per cent, according to figures released by CEPRES. The results come from the new Loss & Recovery Benchmarking in PE.Analyzer,

European Buy & Build activity in 2015 reached its highest level since the first half of 2011, according to Silverfleet Capital’s annual European Buy & Build Monitor. The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European headquartered companies backed by private equity, identified a provisional total

Employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm Baird has posted record net revenues of USD1.3 billion in 2015, a 7 per cent increase over 2014, despite choppy markets and slow economic growth.  Operating income totalled a record USD154 million, up 14 per cent from a year

Ortus Secured Finance, the London-based commercial lender, says it plans to double its commercial lending to UK leisure sector businesses within the next 12 months. It also hopes to triple the size of its lending book in Northern Ireland – where its focus centres on commercial property needs – by

Investment into venture capital (VC)-backed companies in the United States has slowed in back-to-back quarters, according to Venture Pulse, the quarterly global report on VC trends published jointly by KPMG International and CB Insights. The US saw only USD14.8 billion invested in Q1 2016, a slight increase (six percent) from

The 2015/16 VCT season has drawn to an unexpectedly successful close, with VCTs raising record-breaking amounts. And law firm Howard Kennedy has once again been at the heart of the VCT community, advising over 80 per cent of all funds coming to market in 2015/16, including the largest fund raise