Analysis

Volume and value of PIPE deals 2007-2012 YTD
Stock markets blocking the PIPE

The number of investments by private equity funds in publicly traded shares has fallen significantly in the past two years as the stock market has detached from measures of GDP, according to figures from unquote” data.

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Buyout total volume compared to all-equity and larger deals
Leveraged finance “at tipping point”

Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB, Barclays, HSBC – all names that can be seen on high streets across Britain. From credit cards to mortgages to investment banking and acquisition finance, these powerful institutions once had the UK’s credit market...

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AXA PE kicks it up a gear in 2012

AXA Private Equity (AXA PE) may have mainly attracted attention last year with the start of its spin-off from French insurer AXA, but the firm is letting its deal teams do the talking in 2012. Greg Gille reports

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Trade buyers buoy mega-exit market

While large buyouts have been a rare creature in private equity since the eurozone crisis exploded last year, the mega-exit is making a strong return to the fold, according to research by unquote” data.

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PE rakes in record €45bn management fees

The global private equity industry is now thought to be managing some $3trn in assets. An impressive figure, but can the industry continue to grow in assets under management and sustain itself or is it now doomed to a slow decline?

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Competition heats up for German fundraising

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) last week closed Germany’s biggest fund since 2007. While the country’s fundraising environment has been paid little attention in recent years, it has seen as many fund closes in 2012 as the UK. John Bakie investigates

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