Insights

by Tom Williams If an investment recovery can be said to have happened in 2024, it will have been in European infrastructure.  Figures provided...

According to Mergermarket data, total global investment in transactions across all sectors fell by almost half between 2021 and 2023. And the...

Secondaries, in particular GP-led deals, have become commonplace in private markets, but private equity deals are still dominating the space. With...

Private markets are inherently less liquid than public markets. Never has that lack of liquidity been felt more keenly than in the last few years...

Navigating a “Brave New World” in leverage finance Highlights from the inaugural session featuring Chris Skinner, Global Head of...

Every six months, we survey and speak with our community of 15,000 deal participants across 900 private equity sponsors, private credit funds, bank...

ESG has been gradually rising in importance for many years and has shifted from an optional extra to a business imperative. One company that was...

So far 2024 has proven to be a slow year for deal makers. Refinancings and repricings have kept dealflow going despite low volumes of M&A. ...

Mid-market collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are a well-worn path in the US. But they are anything but worn out. Analysis by S&P showed...

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more commonplace in private markets, an industry that had for years relied heavily on Excel...

In financial markets terms, private credit is still a new and emerging asset class. As such there is relatively little academic research on it. We...