Venture capital (VC) deal volume continued to fall in Q1 2017 with only 2,716 deals completed globally during the period compared to 3,201 in Q4 2016, according to Venture Pulse Q1 2017 – the quarterly global VC trends report by KPMG Enterprise. Despite the fourth straight quarter of declining deal activity,
Investors from Japan are primed to play a key funding role for global infrastructure and real estate, according to analysis from AMP Capital. With assets under management approaching JPY500 trillion (approximately USD4.4 trillion), the Japanese institutional investment environment is undergoing a transformation and represents a substantial source of capital
Nearly nine out of 10 (88 per cent) business leaders believe that the UK needs a comprehensive industrial strategy, according to BGF’s Growth Climate Index. However, the survey of over 280 business leaders and entrepreneurs found more than three quarters (77 per cent) want the government’s proposed industrial strategy to
The private acute medical care market in central London grew to an estimated value of GBP1.43 billion during 2015, according to LaingBuisson. This is equivalent to around 35 per cent of the national market for private patient revenues in independent hospitals and private patient units (PPUs) in the UK.
The most popular M&A deal project name in 2016 was Project Blue, according to Intralinks, a provider of virtual data rooms for M&A transactions. Intralinks analysed almost 5,000 transactions in 2016 – all of which used an Intralinks Virtual Data Room – revealing that Project Blue, Project Diamond and Project
Private equity activity in Africa will inject billions of US dollars of sustainable investment over the next five years, research shows. Private equity deals in Africa are growing from a low base equivalent to 0.18 per cent of Africa’s GDP in 2016. Every 0.01 per cent increase will mean
JLT Specialty, the insurance broker and risk consultant, saw a 60 per cent increase in the number of insured deals during 2016 compared to 2015 globally. This type of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance, also known as warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance – of which the real estate and private
While the current M&A environment is still trending to be more favourable to sellers as has been the case over the past two years, there are indications to suggest that certain terms are slightly less seller favourable than in 2015. This is according to law firm Seyfarth Shaw’s fourth edition
A rise in interest rates, lower pricing and credit quality remaining the same are some of the predictions made by respondents to the inaugural market survey carried out by Proskauer’s private credit group. Top lending institutions responded to the benchmarking survey with their predictions for the next 12 months. The
French private equity market participants raised EUR14.7 billion in global commitments during 2016, up 51 per cent relative to 2015, according to a report from the Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance (AFIC) and Grant Thornton. These funds will be largely invested in French companies over the next five
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