Investment professionals, financial executives and mergers and acquisition execs are increasingly using ‘alternative’ data to obtain a competitive edge. Satellite images of shopping centre parking lots, trucking schedules, mobile phone usage patterns and more can offer insights that create an edge in finding investment opportunities, vetting acquisition targets and closing
CEPRES has released its latest analytics of the private markets landscape showing the increasing dominance of the largest private equity firms on their PE.Analyzer investment network. Of 5,195 funds active on the platform, 80 per cent of the capital is now being raised by only 20 per cent of larger
LGT Capital Partners reports that European alternatives managers’ adoption of ESG principals has increased. The sixth annual ESG Report assessed some 294 managers globally, grading them on how successfully they have integrated environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment activities. The report found that the majority, at
European Buy & Build activity reached its highest level on record in 2017, with a total disclosed deal value of GBP7.8 billion, according to Silverfleet Capital’s European Buy & Build Monitor. The most active region for add-ons was the UK & Ireland, despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit. The
In its fourth annual Global M&A Insurance Index, JLT Specialty (JLT), a specialist insurance broker and risk consultant, has found that a drop in premium rates in 2017 led to an increase in insurance cover for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. JLT says this signals that clients prefer greater levels
Deal flow for sub-USD1 billion private equity (PE) funds accelerated at the start of 2018 and set an all-time record for any first quarter, according to data analysed by top 100 US law firm Akerman. Despite this year’s decrease experienced by the rest of middle market funds, data found in
European private equity deal-makers have put the brakes on their frenetic exit pace, with the EUR100 billion-plus generated in each of the last four years from divestments now falling to just EUR39.9 billion for the first six months of 2018, according to provisional H1 data from the CMBOR at Imperial
CEPRES, a provider of investment decision analytics for private markets, has released research it recently conducted for the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) and presented at its Annual Members Conference. By analysing the outcomes of 58,000 companies invested by private equity and private debt funds, CEPRES showed that revenue growth
Private capital has been vital in working alongside governments and other investors to help close the Africa’s infrastructure gap, according to the third edition of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (AVCA) Sector Snapshot: Infrastructure. The report states that 97 PE infrastructure deals worth USD12.1bn were reported between
A new report from iCapital Network has revealed a bullish attitude amongst senior advisors towards alternative investments for the coming year. Currently, 34 per cent of those advisors surveyed about their appetite and future plans for alternative investments have at least five per cent of client assets in private equity
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