The median discount to net asset value (NAV) for investment trusts and companies in the UK listed space narrowed over 2015 from 7.5 per cent to 6.6 per cent, according to research from investment trust research company QuotedData. The median discounts of the differing classes of UK trusts all followed

The Central London private hospital market is opening up to a new breed of small, highly specialised provider, according to the latest research from healthcare analyst LaingBuisson. Findings published in the updated Private Acute Medical Care in Central London show that theatre capacity in the capital’s private hospital sector is

In its 2016 Global Infrastructure Report, Preqin finds that both fund managers and investors are concerned with sourcing deals at compelling pricing in 2016. The average size of infrastructure transactions completed in 2015 stands at a record USD528 million, and the majority (51 per cent) of surveyed fund managers said

Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of Baird, had an active year in 2015 for new and follow-on investments and exits and is predicting that the investment and exit environment in 2016 will continue to be attractive globally.  During 2015, Baird Capital deployed over USD130 million in 43 new

A survey of private equity investors has found that 30 per cent feel their investments have exceeded their expectations over the past year, up from 17 per cent that felt that way in December 2014.  Only 6 per cent of investors surveyed as part of Preqin’s 2016 Global Private Equity

Increasing investor demand for returns that are uncorrelated to the overall market is driving growing portfolio allocations to alternative investments, according to research into private equity and real estate investment processing, by Cutter Associates. Among the firms participating in the Cutter research, more than 90 per cent are now invested

Investors no longer regard Central and Eastern Europe as a coherent investment area as countries in the region present increasingly different risk profiles, according to CMS’s Emerging Europe M&A Report 2015/2016, published by in conjunction with EMIS. The report reveals that while the CEE M&A market overall was down on