Investment bankers are expecting relatively modest bonuses of under GBP25,000 on average this year, while Private Equity staff think theirs will exceed GBP100,000, according to research by recruitment firm Astbury Marsden. Astbury Marsden says that investment bankers anticipate that their bonuses will be worth an average of GBP24,461 in this
Almost half (44 per cent) of small and medium-sized firms applying for development finance over the past year were successful, up from 27 per cent in 2014, according to a report by Albion Ventures. The third Albion Growth Report, designed to shed light on the factors that both create and
More European private equity firms are increasing the personal capital executives devote to their funds, according to new research from Investec. The firm’s annual GP Trends report, now in its sixth year, captures the views of 81 senior private equity professionals in the UK and Europe, with approximately €58 billion
Next year will see the emergence of at least five Bitcoin and Blockchain businesses with a valuation of more than USD1 billion, and they will all be able to justify their valuations. That’s one of the findings of Magister Advisors’ survey of the views of the World’s leading Bitcoin and
By James Local, director, Livingstone Partners – A market in a growth phase, with numerous high-performing businesses run by hungry entrepreneurs who are receptive to the idea of taking investment, and a good history of secondary buy-outs and trade exits. What’s not to like about the recruitment industry? The recruitment
Investors remain bullish about private equity with average annual return expectations – net of fees, expenses and carried interest – of 11.7 per cent IRR and 1.6x multiple of cost (MoC) for managers that begin investing today. That’s according to a survey by fundraising and secondaries advisory firm Rede, which
The announcement that China will join the reserve currency basket of the International Monetary Fund is only one aspect of a process that could channel up to USD3 trillion (USD4.2 trillion) into the country, according to AllianceBernstein (AB). While the development is beneficial for China in the long term, the
In a further sign of economic optimism, well over half (58 per cent) of UK small to medium-sized firms (SMEs) plan to enter new markets in the next two years with the manufacturing sector leading the way, according to a new study by Albion Ventures. Evidence of an export-led recovery
The latest research from Preqin finds that management fees among infrastructure funds of more recent vintages are lower than for previous vintage years. While 2012 and 2013 vintage funds have a median investment period management fee of 2.00 per cent, funds currently in market, or with a 2015 vintage, have
Research from international law firm Nabarro reveals the UK remains top of the Nabarro Infrastructure Index as the most attractive country for infrastructure investment. The top five countries in the Index are rounded out by Canada, the US, Australia and UAE in second, third, fourth and fifth places respectively. The
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