With more than 350 fund managers and over 180 registered investors, Germany is a major player in European private equity. The market has seen solid growth throughout 2017, but high valuations …
Lessons from payday lending for other financial service providers
Consumer credit is booming in the UK, topping £200 billion for the first time since the financial crisis. Almost half of men and women under 30 regularly use credit to stretch …
Land of opportunity: Central and Eastern Europe Private Equity Trends
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has rapidly risen since the fall of communism, as denoted by the chart below. CEE GDP per capita Even more interesting …
Is EdTech the new FinTech?
In four years FinTech has taken the financial sector by storm, disrupting an industry that had remained unchanged in the UK since the ‘big bang’ under Margaret Thatcher. EdTech is …
HealthTech: a public health and investor’s dream, or regulatory nightmare?
Ten years on from the launch of the iPhone, the rise of the smartphone is the most significant technological development in a generation. Today the average iPhone is unlocked 80 …
IM to be believed? Testing the numbers with Digital Due Diligence
When a private company is being sold via an auction process, an Information Memorandum (IM) – otherwise known as the ‘book’ – serves to encourage offers by providing prospective buyers …
Private Equity: a victim of its own success?
Looking back: our reflections on the financial year 2016-2017 in the mid-market private equity market. “The continued fall out of the financial crisis combined with a year of political uncertainty …
Can sentiment analysis help predict the 2017 general election?
Ten days ago Theresa May called a general election. Since Tuesday 18th psephologists – a.k.a pollsters – have been churning out predictions: these show Conservative leads of between 11% and …
Looking back on investment year 2016-17: How Private Equity Fell in Love with Digital
The continued fall out of the financial crisis combined with a year of political uncertainty and limited GDP growth have altered the characteristics of M&A activity. With limited market growth …
Cyber Security – what is it and are you asking the right questions?
What is Cyber Due Diligence? It is the testing of digital processes and systems to assess the potential for a data breach of any stored personal data. This includes 3 …
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