UK-listed companies are expected to be targeted for takeover by US buyout firms following the sterling slump, it was reported last week.

Multi-asset GP-led secondary transactions are expected to be favoured by investors through the second half of the year, according to a new survey.

The majority (87%) of global insurers are looking to increase their allocation to private markets in the next 24 months, BlackRock’s latest Annual Global Insurance Report shows.

European M&A activity is expected to increase further over the next 12 months, following a bumper year of dealmaking in the region, according to a new survey by Mergermarket.

Private equity investors are paying more attention to the small print, and many are finding they are not happy with the terms on offer from fund managers.

Late-stage VC is being hit hardest by the much reported ‘reset’ in valuations, as the number of high-profile examples snowballs through 2022. In a Private Equity Wire survey in July, over half of all respondents (53%) expected to see a markdown in the valuation of their VC investments in 2022, compared to 2021

After raising record levels of venture capital last year, the number of funds doing so this year looks set to plummet. In Q2, global VC fundraising was down year-on-year and the number of funds closed was the lowest seen in the past five years once the Covid-19 panic months of Q2 2020 are excluded, according to Preqin data.

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.