Concerns about the economic situation are generating uncertainty in corporate M&A departments and among leading investment bankers and M&A advisors, according to a survey by CMS Hasche Sigle. The survey indicates that the funding environment for M&A deals has seldom been better: for the second time in a row, company
Asia Pacific has always been a key market for global alternative fund managers but as the latest research published by Preqin shows, institutional investors in the region are becoming an increasingly important source of capital allocation; both to hedge funds and private equity. Hedge Fund Investor Trends This is good
The sector and credit outlooks for US business development companies (BDCs) are negative for 2015, according to Fitch Ratings' 2015 BDC Outlook report. Competitive underwriting conditions, unsustainable asset quality metrics, and a notable shift in risk appetite, for some issuers, are among the factors that will pressure certain BDC ratings
Alternative finance has already become a significant contributor to the funding mix for European corporates – having risen to rival bank lending in the past five years, research published by Allen & Overy shows. The survey of over 200 senior finance executives at medium and large, non-financial corporates across Europe
Middle-market investment bank Baird has released a report anticipating a new wave of M&A within the European for-profit education sector. The report identifies a backlog of more than 50 for-profit education M&A opportunities across Europe and details how the sector is transforming, presenting opportunities for businesses to grow rapidly.
More than half (57 per cent) of institutional investors plan to narrow down the number of different alternative asset managers they work with in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a survey by UBS Fund Services and PwC. The survey reveals that they intend to focus on fewer
The private equity investment company sector has experienced its share of ups and downs over the last ten years. The average discount for the private equity sector widened dramatically at the end of 2008 during the financial crisis to 51 per cent, compared to an investment company industry average of
A significant number of ethical investors have softened their opposition to nuclear power as doubts grow over the adequacy of wind and solar power as substitutes for carbon-based energy sources, a Kames survey has found. The survey, which canvassed the views of 50 of the UK’s most prominent ethical investors,
The value of global private equity deals targeting Africa has more than doubled (137 per cent) in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to research by global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Global PE funds completed 15 deals collectively worth USD1.5bn in the
A growing interest by large limited partners (LPs) to either co-invest or directly invest in corporate equity financings has led private equity (PE) firms to respond by facilitating investments in deals outside these managers' primary funds. The trend reduces the overall average management and carry fee percentages paid by large
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