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Strong growth for UK mid-market in 2014 - unquote" barometer
The latest unquote" Regional Mid-Market Barometer highlights strong growth in 2014
Strong second half boosts UK year-end activity figures
Read the latest unquoteт Regional Mid-market Barometer, published in association with LDC
Q4 Barometer: dealflow bounces back
Following a weak Q3, the final months of 2013 marked the strongest quarter of the year, according to the latest unquoteт Private Equity Barometer, published in association with SL Capital Partners.
SBOs hit new peak in 2013
Secondary buyouts rose to new levels of prominence in the European market last year, accounting for 40% of all buyouts and 55% of aggregate buyout value. Greg Gille reports
UK Watch: 2013 goes out with a bang
A strong final quarter for 2013 saw deal volume and overall value hold up well across the board in the UK, showing a marked improvement on the first quarter of the year, according to the latest unquoteт UK Watch, published in association with Corbett...
2013 buyouts: overall value stabilises around €75bn
The overall value of European private equity-backed buyouts has hovered around the тЌ75bn mark for the third year in a row, with last year's deals totalling тЌ74.7bn.
Have your say: UK Watch
With 2013 now behind us and market participants gearing up for a busy 2014, where do you see the UK market heading in the coming months?
French PE-backed firms outperformed rest of economy in 2012
French private equity-backed companies significantly outperformed their peers in terms of job creation and turnover growth in 2012, according to a new survey by Afic and EY.
European private equity activity drops to 2005 lows
Findings from the latest unquote” Private Equity Barometer, published in association with SL Capital Partners, reveal a worrying drop in deal volumes, falling to the same level as Q4 2005.
Early-stage deals further recover in Q2
Both the volume and overall value of early-stage activity registered a welcome uptick across Europe in the second quarter, according to unquote" data.
Germany shifts into overdrive in Q2
A string of mega-buyouts helped Germany secure the top spot on European buyout value tables in the second quarter of this year.
Q2: overall buyout value soars by 174%
The European buyout market recovered spectacularly in value terms in Q2 on the back of a string of mega-deals, but the overall volume of activity remains lacklustre.
Growth capital dealflow ebbs in Q1
Emphasising the pervasive nature of the activity decline in the first quarter of 2013, deal volume in the expansion category recorded a drop commensurate with that of the buyout market.
Q1 Barometer: Deal value hits four-year low
Q1 Barometer
unquote" Regional Mid-market Barometer
A rise in alternative lenders and a strong trade buyer presence helped drive the UKтs mid-market in 2012, according to the latest unquoteт Regional Mid-market Barometer, published in association with LDC.
Growth equity deals enjoy Q4 uptick
Growth capital investment activity recovered substantially in Q4 following a poor third quarter, but remains low compared to recent historical averages.
Mega-buyouts bolster Q4 activity figures
The €11.6bn overall enterprise value of Q4’s large-cap deals is the largest total since the third quarter of 2010, which itself was by some margin ahead of every quarter since Q3 2007 (see chart).
unquote" Private Equity Barometer - Q3 2012
Private equity dealflow has remained subdued over the three months to September, with the number of transactions completed plummeting 35% to 182 deals while the aggregated value dipped 14% to €11.7bn.
Unquote" Regional Mid-Market Barometer
The latest unquote" Regional Mid-Market Barometer, produced in association with LDC, shows that mid-cap investors are not letting a lacklustre economy hamper their ability to close deals.
UK Watch: Smaller buyouts still growing
The UKтs smaller buyout space has gone from strength-to-strength in the second quarter of 2012, according to figures in the latest unquoteт UK Watch, in association with Corbett Keeling.
Unquote" Regional mid-market barometer
The latest Unquote" Regional mid-market barometer, produced in association with LDC, shows recovery was bolstered by prospering small caps in 2011, with total value of over ТЃ5.4bn across 166 deals.
unquote" UK Watch Q4 2011
The latest unquote" UK Watch, produced in association with Corbett Keeling, reveals Britain has a thriving smaller buyout segment, but at the cost of waning larger deals.
unquote" private equity barometer - Q3 2011
Deal activity levels fell by more than a third in Q3 2011 due to ongoing fears regarding the European debt crisis, according to the latest unquoteт Private Equity Barometer, in association with Arle Capital Partners.
unquote" private equity barometer - Q4 2011
There was a major drop-off in overall deal volume in Q4 2011, with a continuing contraction across all deal stage segments resulting in a total of just 192 deals, the lowest figure recorded since Q4 1996 (158).