By Angus Coulter (pictured), partner in Hogan Lovells Antitrust Competition and Economic Regulation practice – Yesterday’s intervention by the Competition and Markets Authority in the ongoing, hard-fought review of CK Hutchison's bid for O2 UK supports the views already expressed by the EU competition commissioner and reflects a closeness of

Institutional investors are turning their favourable attitudes about the marketplace lending industry into action, increasing their investment in the sector over the past year, according to a new report by Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP and Wharton FinTech.  Their 2016 Survey of US Marketplace Lending finds that half of all

Capital Dynamics has developed a new model for measuring performance attribution in private equity. By applying the model to two pension fund portfolios, the resulting study reveals that adherence to a strategic asset allocation is the primary driver for strong performance.  As one of the first studies on performance attribution

The asset management industry has a central role to play in furthering good corporate governance in publicly traded family businesses, according to a report from March Asset Management which shows that good corporate governance has helped publicly traded family businesses become more profitable. March CEO Miguel Angel Munoz says: “Diligent

A new study shows domestic economic uncertainty and concerns over lack of access to capital continue to offset indicators of an improving business environment among major private equity providers.  The study from the 2016 Private Capital Markets Project from Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management also reveals key

Latin American ultra-high net worth (UHNW) business executives are keen on opportunities for mergers and acquisitions, with many likely to pursue deals in the short-term, according to a new report from Campden Wealth Research, in partnership with Morgan Stanley. The newly published “Risk & Return in Latin America” finds that

The allocation of risk in the design of contracts for mergers and acquisitions continues to favour sellers in Europe, and the selling side is in a much stronger negotiating position. That’s the conclusion of the eighth CMS European M&A Study.  Last year, sellers were more often able to incorporate lower

CMS’s 8th annual M&A Study predicts an uncertain year despite the record levels of deal value in 2015. In the study, CMS analyses over 2,000 of its non-listed European public and private company deals between 2010 and 2015. The uncertainty is attributed to a number of grey or black swan

Uneven portfolio company performance may be driving private equity fund managers’ modest expectations in 2016, according to the seventh annual PErspective Private Equity Study by BDO USA. Twenty-two per cent of fund managers surveyed report that 16 to 20 per cent of their portfolio companies are performing below forecast, while