Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 31, 2024

This is especially common in areas like distressed debt investing that depend heavily on catalysts. Single-Manager Hedge Fund Performance The multi-manager hedge fund article described how MM funds grew faster than the overall industry between 2018 and 2023.

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Funds Management S&P Recruitment 59

Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 18, 2020

Private equity firms continue to drive transaction pace and value. They have enormous amounts of dry powder that they must deploy and continue to have access to very inexpensive debt. And, in fact, the number of transactions in 2020 exceeded the amount for the same period in 2018.

M&A 52

M&A Insurance S&P Broker 52

Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Augmentum launched on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2018, giving businesses access to patient capital and support, unrestricted by conventional fund timelines and giving public markets investors access to a largely privately held investment sector during its main period of growth.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Carve out tech acquisitions also continued to be attractive to strategic and private equity buyers, with GTCR’s acquisition of a majority stake in Worldpay from FIS for up to $18.5 Private equity activity accounted for only 27% of tech M&A in 2023, a six-year low (and a substantial decrease from the 2021 record of 36%).

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Equities 59

The TRADE

APRIL 30, 2024

Mifid’s legacy continues to shape regulatory frameworks and market dynamics, alongside laying the groundwork for subsequent regulatory initiatives such as Mifid II… Mifid II: Next up is the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, Mifid II, which was implemented in January 2018 as an overhaul of its predecessor, Mifid I.

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Growth Business

MAY 19, 2023

Number of successful exits: 21 including Chargemaster which was acquired by BP in 2018 for £129m. Finstock Capital Bio: Finstock provides early-stage debt solutions for businesses looking to extend their cash flow runway in a non-dilutive manner. Website: www.envestors.co.uk Contact: enquiries@equitygap.co.uk

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Growth Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The volume of UK fintech deals also dropped from 392 in the first half of 2022 to 212 UK M&A, private equity or VC deals completed in the first half of this year. 2 – SuperFi Aiming to help people get out of debt faster, SuperFi is a timely start-up given the current economic climate.

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Sica Fletcher

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Sica | Fletcher closed 125 transactions in 2020 (our best year ever, and again, , leading the league tables ) in comparison with 92 in 2019 and 79 in 2018. And as of today, the most active acquirers continue to be highly interested in acquisitions. trillion over the next decade.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2024

trillion in 2018 and 2019, respectively [1]. The higher interest rates escalated borrowing expenses, making mega-deals (deals valued at $5 billion or more) significantly more expensive, due to their heavy reliance on debt financing, and impacted valuation multiples with higher discount rates. trillion – representing a 10-year low.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Government Investment 52