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Mid-market PE-backed deal volumes up 79 per cent over H1 2020

Private equity-backed M&A deal volumes were up 79 per cent compared to H1 2020 – their highest H1 level since 2014, according to DC Advisory’s latest European Private Equity Mid-Market Monitor. The favourable M&A environment across the continent can largely be attributed to the economic recovery, which has been accelerated

TMF Group releases new report on the state of the Private Debt market

TMF Group, a provider of administrative and professional services – together with Private Equity Wire – have launched TMF Group’s 2021 Global Private Debt Insight Report, a global survey on how private debt managers view opportunities across the Private Debt asset class.  The report focuses on private equity-like distressed M&A

Tech M&A dealmakers remain bullish, says MoFo survey

Morrison & Foerster, a global law firm, has released the results of its annual Tech M&A Market Survey, which show that dealmakers foresee 2022 sustaining a high level of M&A deal volume on top of record-setting activity in 2021.  The second quarter of 2021 was especially active, with USD511 billion

The SBAI Continues to Focus on Culture and Diversity in the alts industry

The SBAI, a global alliance of alternative investment managers and allocators and custodian of the Alternative Investments Standards, has released the first publication as part of its Culture and Diversity Initiative – Principles of Culture and Diversity Strategies. There is general acknowledgement in the alternatives industry that diversity can help

UK-based start-ups raised USD19.6bn VC funding between January and August

The UK is the key European market for venture capital (VC) investments, as the UK-based startups raised the highest VC funding amount during January-August 2021.  A total of 1,256 VC funding deals were announced in the UK during January-August 2021, while the disclosed funding value of these deals stood at

European VC shakes off effects of Covid-19

Invest Europe, in partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF), has published ‘The VC Factor – Pandemic Edition’, a new report illustrating European venture capital’s continued strong support for innovative and fast-growing start-ups in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The study is the second edition of

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