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SPACs
The International Stock Exchange (TISE) has revised its Listing Rules to attract Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs).
PRIVATE MARKETS
German institutional and high-net-worth investors are increasingly turning their attention to the private markets space, with a specific focus on private equity and private debt.
DEALS
Breega, backer of Moneybox, and Connect Ventures, backer of Truelayer, have closed a GBP5m seed equity round into Keebo, a credit card approved by the FCA to use open banking data.
PODCAST
Private equity firm CVC plans to inject USD3.2 billion into Spain’s La Liga, which covers Spain’s top two soccer divisions, in exchange for nearly 11 per cent of its television rights over 50 years, a deal which is currently being contested by two of its heavyweights: Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona.
RESEARCH
Global M&A activity saw a strong recovery in H1 2021, as dealmaking count and value are both set to reach or surpass the record highs of previous years, according to Pitchbook’s latest Global M&A report.
TECHNOLOGY
When it comes to private equity firms and digital transformation, there isn’t much Thomas Ballard, founder of Market Hill, hasn’t seen. Market Hill works alongside private equity firms to maximise portfolio companies’ future valuations, and as the company’s founder and chief commercial officer, he collaborates directly with private equity operating partners and portfolio company CEOs to uncover the unconsidered needs of firms within the space.
Since Ballard’s worked with some of the biggest tech companies around, as well as being involved with building the backbone infrastructure for the 2012 Olympics in London, Private Equity Wire sat down with the founder
ESG
Almost four out of five (75 per cent) of LPs expect sustainability to drive investment decisions over next five years, while 66 per cent of LPs see value creation as a leading driver of ESG, according to new research from Manulife on how private equity relates to sustainable investing.
The paper, called ‘Sustainable private equity and the new drivers of value creation’, also revealed that private equity firms are showing significant commitment to the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) – including six of the world’s top ten PE firms having signed up to its six aspirational principles.
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SECONDARIES
The private equity secondaries market is seeing a sharp uptick in first-time allocations, according to a leading investment consultant, marking a sea change in fortunes for a once unloved asset class.
Anna Morrison, Senior Director, Private Equity at London advisor bfinance, told Private Equity Wire that a “fascinating” change has occurred with regard to clients’ first-time deployments into private equity.
“Ten years ago, clients would have been going with a standard fund of funds product as their first-time allocation – it’s safe, it’s de-risked, it’s diversified. Now however, people are starting to view the secondaries market as a
Pensions
Local government pension schemes are increasingly choosing more expensive alternative investments, including private equity and infrastructure, which is raising the overall fees they pay to asset managers as pension funds seek out higher returns, diversification benefits, and lower investment risk.
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