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PitchBook report finds high level of performance persistence among PE and VC funds

A new report from PitchBook has found a high level of performance persistence across active private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) managers, strong performance persistence between funds, with the level of persistence rising as a firm raises additional funds. In aggregate, funds that deliver top-quartile performance are followed by

Mark Versey, Aviva

Insurers and pension funds in UK and Continental Europe set to significantly increase allocation to alternative income assets, says new research

Institutional investors in the UK and Continental Europe are boosting allocations to alternative income assets, such as infrastructure debt and equity, structured finance, real estate finance and private corporate debt, in the pursuit of stronger risk-adjusted returns and diversification. That’s according to new research from Aviva Investors which surveyed over

Mark O'Hare, Preqin

European alternatives industry approaches EUR1.50tn in AUM

Total assets under management for the alternative assets industry in Europe reached a record EUR1.48 trillion as of September 2017, according to a new report from Amundi and Preqin. Growth has been driven by strong inflows of capital: Europe-focused private capital funds – including private equity, private debt, real estate

Are emerging market private equity funds worth the risk?

Emerging market private equity funds offer institutional investors diversification, differentiated return drivers and an exposure to sector and geographical areas not accessible through stock exchanges. However, their performance is still unclear. Data from eFront, the world’s leading alternative investment management software and solutions provider, shows that the pooled average performance

Nigel Brahams, Collyer Bristow

ICOs to account for 10 per cent of UK firms’ capital raising by 2023

Cryptocurrency initial coin offerings (ICOs) will become a significant fundraising route for companies seeking growth capital in the next five years, coming to represent over 10 per cent of all capital raised in the UK, according to results of a new survey by the law firm Collyer Bristow. Over half

Bilateral deals increase as PE firms avoid auctions, says Investec

Bilateral deals sharply increased in 2017-18 according to data from Investec, as private equity firms increasingly seek out direct sales in an effort to deploy dry powder without the competition of an auction process. An analysis of 587 deals from 2016-17 and 2017-18 shows that the number of bilateral deals

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