The private equity fundraising market in 2022 will be the most congested yet – with 15 funds returning to raise more than USD15 billion each. Where does that leave everyone else?

The ongoing global geopolitical issues and volatile market conditions continue to pose downside risk to the deal activity (mergers & acquisitions [M&A], private equity, and venture financing deals) for the second consecutive month across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

Every investor class wants to boost their private equity allocation in the hunt for yield. But a crowded fundraising market in 2022 leaves the fastest returning managers with the upper hand, and others wondering how long the party can last.

The value of UK startup exits totalled a record-breaking GBP26.7 billion in 2021, according to a new study by Triple Point Ventures and research firm Beauhurst.

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investing firm with over USD51 billion of assets under management, has released its 2022 Global Investor Survey which reports that 86 per cent of respondents believe private markets will outperform their public market equivalents over the long term.  

The number and value of acquisitions made by private equity-backed businesses across the UK in 2021 significantly exceeded levels seen in 2019 and 2020, according to Rickitt Mitchell’s Buy and Build Barometer. The latest analysis from the corporate finance firm, conducted in partnership with Experian Market iQ, reveals 578 deals were completed across the UK in 2021, up more than 56 per cent on 2020 (370) and more than double that of 2019 (276).   The South East (58) saw the highest number of acquisitions out of any region, followed jointly by East of England and London (47). Elsewhere, Yorkshire

Private equity set a remarkable new standard for itself in 2021, with buyout deal value reaching an all-time high of USD1.1 trillion, doubling 2020’s total of USD577 billion and shattering the previous record of USD804 billion set in 2006 during the exuberant run-up to the global financial crisis.