Private Equity

Brexit

Brexit dampens UK dealflow

Predictions for UK M&A in the second half of the year range from ‘lacklustre’ to ‘a write-off’.

4 min read · 30 June 2016

USS ‘closely monitoring’ Brexit developments

The pension fund, which has an 11% allocation to private equity, said it will be working with policy makers and regulators to protect the interests of long-term investors.

2 min read · 30 June 2016

North American LPs see past Brexit into opportunities

Various public pension funds in the US and Canada have voiced their unaltered long-term outlook for private equity and see potential opportunities arising from market volatility.

2 min read · 29 June 2016

PSP Investments’ new London office still on track

One of Canada’s largest pension investment managers seems undeterred by the outcome of the Brexit vote and is still set to open its London office next year.

1 min read · 29 June 2016

HarbourVest asserts allegiance to London

The firm has been in the city since 1990, before the Maastricht Treaty was signed, and plans to keep its EMEA hub there.

2 min read · 28 June 2016

Asia-based LPs take ‘prudent approach’ post-Brexit

GIC is prepared for a ‘period of heightened market uncertainty’ and calls for markets to remain open in light of Britain’s impending departure from the EU.

2 min read · 28 June 2016

Silverfleet reaps 3.3x from Danish agri asset

The €310 million sale was unaffected by ‘Brexit’, but there will be a lasting slowdown in the wider M&A market, the firm said.

2 min read · 28 June 2016

US PE stays mum on Brexit outcome

US-based GPs and LPs are choosing to wait and see what unfolds with Brexit, rather than react.

2 min read · 27 June 2016

EIB: Brexit changes nothing… for now

The Bank has made commitments to a number of UK-focused private equity funds; there will be no immediate changes to its engagement with the country, it has said.

2 min read · 27 June 2016

Listed PE buffeted by Brexit market freefall

Listed firms have avoided the share price battering felt by the banks, but are not totally unscathed.

3 min read · 27 June 2016

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