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UK mid-market private equity activity in the UK reached new highs in H1, compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019, according to new research by KPMG.
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After two years of record benchmark returns, some limited partners in the asset class are confronting the reality of below-average performance, with a survey by Private Equity Wire predicting average returns will continue to fall in H2 2022.
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Private equity benchmark returns have begun a descent from their post-pandemic high as a new macroeconomic reality of geopolitical tension, interest rate rises and recession bites.
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Global dealmaking by private equity funds has collapsed in the first half of 2022 as banks have pulled back financing in a risk-off environment.
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With the IPO market grinding to a veritable halt in 2022, GPs are looking for other exit routes in the second half of the year, with private M&A channels taking the lead.
Pension funds and other institutional investors have focused on protecting portfolios and seeking out new sources of potential return in private markets amid ongoing volatility.
Private equity firms of all sizes are prioritising talent management over any other strategy, but they face challenges and may end up re-building their organisations in the process…
Hiring challenges in most developed economies have forced many private equity firms to think harder about where they are under-resourced and how their organization is structured.
One area is receiving particular attention.
EY’s latest Global Private Equity survey shows that, aside from asset growth, talent management is the most important strategic priority for firms of all sizes.
Data science, operations and reporting roles are all in high demand across the industry, as
The pandemic accelerated private equity fundraising and deployment in the technology sector but this year’s tech stock crash is forcing a recalculation among some GPs…
Last year, during a keynote address in Berlin, one of the founders of Thoma Bravo, Orlando Bravo, declared: “Software is not an industry… software is the business of every industry”.
The pandemic was making technology more ubiquitous, he argued. Today, almost every business is on its way to becoming a technology company or, at the very least, a tech-enabled service company. But the crashing volatility of tech stocks during Q1 this year has forced a
Third-party service providers were once focused on fund administration and accounting, but they are fast extending into the middle and front offices of private equity firms. Operational efficiencies and pressure from LPs will accelerate the shift…
After more than three decades of transforming their portfolio companies, private equity firms are bringing new operational solutions into their own businesses. In many cases, the answers lie with a new generation of technology service providers.
In a survey by Private Equity Wire in June, almost half of more than 50 respondents said they had outsourced part of their firm’s operations over the past
Within private equity fund portfolios and across the economy lie treasure troves of valuable financial information. GPs are feeding it into algorithms and prediction models to bolster their strategy…
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