The market for private equity continues to ride a wave of success with brisk demand from investors, together with rising market valuations in respect of company takeovers securing another excellent year for the industry in 2017. Although there are initial signs of some overheating in the large-caps segment, small caps
Venture capitalists (VCs) are looking to capitalise on the growing demand for online retailing, especially in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, which can be attributed to the increasing use of smartphones coupled with growing internet penetration, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. The company’s latest report, ‘Smart Money Investing
Record dry powder, an historically long economic expansion, tax reform and muted interest rates continue to drive record or near-record private equity (PE) buyout and exit activity, according to data analysed by US law firm Akerman. The inaugural Akerman PErspectives Report, which shines a spotlight on middle market private equity,
Context Capital Partners’ latest Context Allocator Trends Report, which is based on a survey of more than 400 institutional investors and family offices, has revealed strong demand for alternative investment strategies, with 70 per cent of respondents planning to increase their allocations to alternatives in 2018, and 29 per cent
Investors in the Assetz Capital platform are yet to be convinced by cryptocurrencies, with just 16 per cent seeing them as worthwhile investments. The peer-to-peer lending platform canvassed the views of its investors in the Q1 Assetz Capital Investor Barometer. Some 43 per cent believe the entire market is on
The digital transformation of every business, from automotive through to healthcare, is driving record mergers and acquisitions deal valuations in the enterprise software and IT services sectors as companies incorporate disruptive technologies into their business models and shift to the cloud, all whilst having to secure themselves against cyber threats.
The European M&A market remained buoyant throughout 2017 against a backdrop of political uncertainty, including national elections in France, Germany, UK and the Netherlands, according to the tenth edition of the CMS European M&A Study. The study, which analyses more than 3,650 of its private M&A transactions and compares the
Misalignment of priorities is causing significant friction between private equity firms and the CEOs and other senior managers of their portfolio companies, according to a new survey of leaders at both PE firms and portfolio companies by AlixPartners. CEO turnover at portfolio companies is unplanned 34 per cent of the
eFront’s latest quarterly private equity data shows that LBO performance reached a 10-year high in 2017, while overall risk levels reduced and average time to liquidity improved. According to eFront, LBO funds posted their best performance in a decade in 2017, while multiples on invested capital of active private equity
Drawdown rates for private equity funds are slowing, with managers taking longer to call down funds than they have in the past, according to data released by PitchBook from its PitchBook Benchmarks performance measurement product. PE funds historically have called down more than 80 per cent of commitments by the
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