European private equity dealmaking will set a record high in 2021 as firms look to deploy cautious aggression amid a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, PitchBook is predicting.
European private equity dealflow has held up remarkably well amid the huge uncertainty caused by Covid-19 and the UK's impending exit from the EU - but big challenges remain according to new research from Mercer.
Global venture capital funding in digital health companies surged to $14.8bn last year as the coronavirus pandemic supercharged investment into the sector.
European M&A activity has scored a sharp recovery from near-decade lows caused by the coronavirus crisis - but annual figures are still trending towards their worst result in years, new research shows.
Global venture capital investment remains strong despite dealmaking numbers dropping for the sixth consecutive quarter, new research shows, with a trio of $1bn-plus deals from across the globe helping buoy the industry's figures.
Private equity dealmaking is continuing its steady recovery from April's nadir, reaching one of its highest monthly results of the last 12 months despite ongoing uncertainty amid the coronavirus crisis.
European alternatives funds have reached €2tn of assets under management for the first time despite a dampening of activity amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Venture capital performance remained 'unscathed' in the first quarter of 2020 despite the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, as the industry consolidated what had been an exceptional 2019, new research shows.
Secondaries private equity fund managers have traditionally had a heavy focus on the North America market - but new fundraises are seeing the sector begin to spread its reach, the latest data from Preqin shows.
Family offices are sticking with venture capital despite the growing coronavirus crisis - but their expectations of returns threw up a surprising result, new research shows.
Private equity firms remain bullish on their portfolio investments despite the widespread chaos caused by the coronavirus crisis, new research suggests.
Private debt fundraising is on pace for its slowest year in half a decade - but will a surge of newly-launched opportunistic vehicles hoping to profit from the coronavirus crisis turn those numbers around?
Secondaries private equity dealmaking fell off a cliff in the first half of the year as the coronavirus crisis saw deal value drop more than 56% compared to the same period in 2019, new research
The Nordic region has become the world's top-performing private equity market, helping Western Europe consolidate its position at the top of the global PE tree, new research has revealed.
Europe's venture capital industry has staged a remarkable fightback against the coronavirus-induced market slump by posting one of the largest dealmaking totals on record in Q2.
US private equity return multiples have surged this year after the global coronavirus pandemic caused a 'sugar rush' of sudden demand in certain sectors, new research shows.
Private equity investing is showing signs of recovery after being hammered by the coronavirus crisis - but has some way to go to recover to its recent highs, new research shows.
UK private equity fundraising surged to more than £47.5bn last year amid a more than doubling of capital flowing into venture capital fundraises, new data from industry body BVCA shows.
Limited partners are increasingly turning to debt and mezzanine infrastructure funds as they hunt for relatively safe havens for their investments amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The scale at which the European private equity industry has been besieged by the coronavirus crisis is becoming increasingly clear thanks to new data from PitchBook, with fundraising, dealmaking and exit activity all falling to
