The market for private equity (PE) collateralised fund obligations (CFOs) continues to gain traction post-financial crisis, according to Fitch Ratings. Since the first post-financial crisis CFO deal came to market in 2014, five transactions with a face value of USD3.4 billion have been issued. “The resurgence of the PE CFO
The value of private equity business in Guernsey reached its highest-ever level at the end of September 2018, according to the latest fund statistics from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. The island’s regulator confirmed that the net asset value of private equity funds in the island passed GBP120 billion for
Far fewer active fund managers outperformed their benchmarks in 2018, according to an analysis of 15 key equity and bond fund segments by Scope. In fact, under a quarter of active equity funds beat benchmarks in 2018 and just 16 per cent of bond funds outperformed. Scope’s study, which covered
According to new research from Intertrust, private equity firms are acutely aware of the impact digital innovation will have on their sector, particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain. Over 90 per cent believe AI is likely to have the biggest transformational impact on the sector. This
Female start-up founders are missing out on billions of pounds of investment, according to the UK VC & Female Founders report, which reveals that for every GBP1 of venture capital (VC) investment in the UK, all-female founder teams get less than 1p. By comparison, all-male founder teams get 89p and
Alternative investment managers have become increasingly active investors in the aircraft leasing industry as they seek to deploy capital into a growing sector that could provide attractive investment returns. However, Fitch Ratings notes that the typically fixed-life nature of private equity ownership can increase long-term strategic and financial uncertainty
Luxembourg has once again ranked among the top three EU financial centres in 2018, having granted 80 new licences for banks, management companies, alternative asset managers, insurers and investment firms. This number includes several financial institutions to have publicly announced their decision to relocate some activities because of Brexit.
JP Morgan Asset Management released its inaugural Global Alternatives Outlook featuring a 12- to 18-month outlook for each of the key alternative asset classes and highlighting the firm’s CEOs, CIOs, portfolio managers and strategists’ most promising investment ideas over that time horizon. The report aims to provide investment direction in
Private equity chief financial officers (CFOs) reported another year of unprecedented growth of their firms but are still struggling to overcome operational issues that are dramatically eroding their margins. That’s according to the EY 2019 Global Private Equity Survey – How do you see the opportunity in your obstacles?
Venture capital funds globally currently offer a highly attractive risk-return profile, with Western European funds significantly outperforming the historical average, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report. The report shows that while global venture capital performance has fallen off over the past three quarters, for investors, the current
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