EMEA remained an attractive destination for global private equity (PE) firms in 2014, according to S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class research, data and analytics. In the most recent issue of its EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot report, S&P Capital IQ provides an in-depth analysis of the

Cavendish Asset Management, which runs the only AIM OEIC in the market, has reviewed the AIM market for 2014. Peter Renton, Equity Analyst at Cavendish comments, The past year has been a tremendous success for the IPO market on AIM, with 79 new companies floated on the exchange during the

The climate for IPOs in Germany has considerably improved, according to the IPO sentiment indicator jointly developed by Deutsche Börse and TU Munich.  The indicator climbed from 30.1 points to 34.2 points, reflecting buoyant sentiment among investors, companies and underwriters in the primary market. The indicator is based on surveys

The number of European private equity backed deals rose by 10% in Q4 2014, from the 334 transactions seen in the previous three months to 366 transactions, according to SL Capital Partners. The firm’s Private Equity Barometer for 2014 reveals that combined deal value also staged a recovery, rising by

International investment bank Altium has rounded off another active year, completing over 50 deals and pushing the total deal value for the firm in the last three years past GBP9bn. In the UK, the firm has seen exceptional levels of growth, with deal values up 94 per cent in 2014.

M&A activity in Germany in terms of share to the total value of transactions in Europe. has seen a significant decrease, according to a new report by MergerMarket. With total declared deal values at EUR55.7bn during 2014, German M&A activity dropped 17.6% compared to EUR67.6bn. However, total deal count for