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Insurtech investments down 54% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... dropped in the March quarter. Insurtechs attracted US$912 million in the first quarter across the globe but the deal activity slowed down significantly after January, according to Willis Towers Watsons. "The year 2020 began on the same trajectory on ...

WestConnex among largest infrastructure deals in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... for the bulk of infrastructure investments. Preqin head of real assets Patrick Adefuye said the industry has seen deal activity decrease year-on-year following a peak in 2016 which saw a record amount of capital invested in infrastructure. Last year ...

KPMG hires from Macquarie

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... have Samantha on board. Her experience will be a great addition to the team, which continues to enjoy significant deal activity, which Samantha will be able to help clients with." Brewer said: "I am excited about joining KPMG in a role that will comprise ...

Australian instos included in top infrastructure deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... value fell from the US$470 billion recorded in 2016. Asia accounts for the majority of the slowed infrastructure deal activity, with the region seeing 309 deals worth $65bn. This is a decrease from 2016 when the region accounted for $113bn from 577 deals. ...

Asia driving infrastructure deal activity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Asia recorded US$131 billion in infrastructure asset deals in 2016, the highest of any region. Preqin research found the total value of infrastructure deals in 2016 reached an all-time high of US$413 billion, with Asia driving the majority of deal value. ...

Financial services leading Australian M&A

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... has shown resilience over the longer term, and as such he expects mid-market M&A will continue to represent 70% of deal activity throughout 2016. "Mid-market firms are typically leaner, more agile and entrepreneurial than larger corporates, giving them ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... later this year, merger and acquisition activity has increased. July was the seventh-strongest month for global deal activity since 1980. Through July, cross-border M&A activity totalled $US913.5 billion, up 23 percent from a year earlier, according ...

Infrastructure valuations at all-time highs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... years. A total of 387 infrastructure investments have taken place in 2014, valued at an aggregate $122 billion. Deal activity has been steadily falling over recent years, down from a high of 919 infrastructure deals in 2011 to 871 taking place last year. ...

PE outperforms ASX and super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... performance should reinforce the improving appetite for the sector among investors. "We're seeing significant new deal activity within the private equity industry at the moment, and we expect that many funds will maintain a focus on identifying new investment ...

PE secondaries could be ticking time bomb

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... secondary managers and intermediaries have been advertising for some time," he said. In the paper the firm points to low deal activity in the secondary market during the past year and suggests that there has been a significant divergence between available ...