Private Equity
The ultimate performance of a fund is determined as early as its fifth year, according to a study of 700 PE vehicles by Pantheon Ventures.
2 min read · 30 March 2016
State Street Corporation’s GX Private Equity Index saw a negative return of 1.37% for Q3 2015, down from a 4.22% gain in the previous quarter.
2 min read · 02 February 2016
Cambridge Associates examined more than a thousand private equity funds in the US and found that PE managers fundraised $18.3bn and distributed $39.1bn to LPs in Q2 2015.
2 min read · 14 January 2016
Venture capital firms raised $28.2bn through 235 funds in 2015, down from 2014 but still high compared with previous years, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association.
1 min read · 14 January 2016
Deal value in Europe has increased by about €10bn a year since 2013, hitting the highest levels since 2007 in 2015, according to the Centre for Management Buy-out Research.
2 min read · 07 January 2016
The amount of debt PE firms borrowed in 2015 in the US fell by nearly 29%, while debt ratios for Q4 dropped to their lowest level since 2011.
3 min read · 05 January 2016
Cambridge Associates’ research on venture capital investing spanning 17 years found firms outside the industry’s top 10 created significant value.
2 min read · 18 December 2015
Two thirds of PE deals in the first 11 months of this year were add-on acquisitions driven by high valuations and competition in the upper markets driven by mega deals, according to PwC.
2 min read · 17 December 2015
A study of almost 600 portfolio companies revealed that US GPs have charged $20bn in transaction and monitoring fees over a 20-year period.
4 min read · 15 December 2015
Of the majority of family offices that invest in the asset class, 40% engage in direct investing, according to a survey of 162 single-family offices by financial technology platform iCapital Network.
2 min read · 10 December 2015
