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With the prospect of improving economic conditions prompting an uplift in private equity deal activity this year, value creation is expected to play a greater role among the investment community. Couple this alongside record amounts of available dry powder, will deal flow rebound in 2024? To delve deeper into this topic, read our latest outlook on the UK private equity deals and value creation 2024, available at the following link: https://lnkd.in/e3J2XMdr Many thanks to Jasper van Heesch, Director and Private Equity Senior Analyst at RSM UK; Richard Sanders, Managing Partner at Sullivan Street Partners; Jamie Roberts, Partner at UK-based YFM Equity Partners; and Peter Barkley, Partner at WestBridge, for sharing their views with Actum Group. Our outlook features research from RSM, EY and PwC. #ActumGroup #ValueCreation #ValueLever #PrivateEquity

📣 Have you heard: Find out why private credit remains resilient amid market transitions and offers compelling returns in volatile times with Toni Vainio Partner at Pantheon and other leading industry experts. Join our keynote panel discussion, ‘Private Credit—Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities,’ at Markets Group 7th Annual Private Equity Europe Forum on September 17-18 in London. Your peers will be there. Will you? #privatecredit #privateequity #mgpeeurope #marketsgroup #london #paneuropeanconference

Kay McCarthy and Alex Taylor are looking forward to seeing delegates at next week’s Markets Group 7th Annual Private Equity Europe Forum in London. They’ll be on hand to speak to delegates about what we can offer across both our public and private markets. They hope to see you there! #capitalmarkets #privatemarkets #privateequity 

- What are overseas acquirers and private equity seeing that public equity currently doesn't see within UK listings?  - Asset allocators have been increasingly lowering exposure to the UK, what's required to improve the attractiveness of the UK within portfolios? - How does the UK remain an attractive market for companies to list? Top names debate at the RSMR UK Equity panel tomorrow at 10:00. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eXZUPgPU #franklintempleton #allianzglobalinvestors #jpmorgan #sandforddelandassetmanagement #portfolioconstruction #portfoliopositioning #ukequities

- What are overseas acquirers and private equity seeing that public equity currently doesn't see within UK listings? - Asset allocators have been increasingly lowering exposure to the UK, what's required to improve the attractiveness of the UK within portfolios? - How does the UK remain an attractive market for companies to list? Top names debate at the RSMR UK Equity panel tomorrow at 10:00. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eXZUPgPU #franklintempleton #allianzglobalinvestors #jpmorgan #sandforddelandassetmanagement #portfolioconstruction #portfoliopositioning #ukequities

This Financial Times interview with Andy Griffiths, executive director of The Investor Forum CIC shares more about our plans to help build bridges between investors and issuers and get market practitioners together to figure out how to make their market work well.   In the interview, Andy emphasises the need to repair the "fractious" relationship between UK company boards and institutional investors, and discusses plans to involve listed companies in an "investor and issuer forum".   #InvestorForum #FinancialTimes #LondonMarket #CorporateGovernance #InvestorRelations #MarketReform #dialogue

CEE continues to outpace the rest of Europe in GDP growth and many other macro metrics. While 2023 was a tough year for PE globally, we continue to find strong businesses, great managers and growth opportunities in our core Polish and Romanian lower mid-market.

Our latest report with Invest Europe is finally out ! 🎉 Being the most comprehensive private equity data report focused on the CEE region, it provides an in-depth insight into the evolution and prospects of the PE/VC market in Central & Eastern Europe. A must-read for investors, analysts and industry professionals. 📊 #PrivateEquity #CEE #DataDrivenDecisionMaking #PEREPAnalytics

The Invest Europe 2023 CEE Private Equity Statistics are a MUST read to better understand the compelling opportunities for investing in #PE and #VC in #CEE! The report shows that in 2023, PE and VC firms across the #CEE invested EUR 1.7 billion, and returned EUR 935 million to LPs, a significant 17% increase from 2022. #EBRD #InvestEurope

#DebtConference 2024 – one of the leading European Conferences for #RealEstateDebtInvestments takes place on 12/13 September 2024 in #Frankfurt. We look forward to an exciting program with outstanding speakers. Don’t miss it and save the date! More information: DebtConference.com We look forward to an exciting program with outstanding speakers from TOP companies in the industry. Our Session III. MARKET OUTLOOK includes the following topics: 15:00 Is the Opportunity Set the Same Across Europe? ◼Philip Moore, Partner and Head of European Real Estate Debt, Ares Management Corporation ◼Daniel Riches, Head of Real Estate Finance, M&G Investments ◼Claus Vinge Skrumsager, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley | Investment Management 15:30 US Bank vs. Non-bank Lending with of Fundamental Changes to the Market ◼Jeff Fastov, Senior Managing Partner, Affinius Capital Management LLC ◼Raphael Fishbach, Co-CEO, Mesa West Capital 16:00 Financing or Equity Gap? ◼Andrew Gordon, Managing Director, Fund Management, Invesco US Real Estate ◼Manuel Koeppel, Managing Director, BF.capital GmbH ◼Jeff Thompson, Co-Head & President, GID Credit ◼Moderator: Anja Ritchie-Friedrich, Managing Director, StepStone Group Europe #FondsForum #DebtConference #RealEstateDebtInvestments #Investments #DebtCapital #DebtInstruments #DebtIssuance #DebtMarkets #DebtStrategy #DebtRestructuring #GlobalDebtMarkets #CapitalMarkets #GlobalRealEstateFinance #RealEstateDebt #GlobalPropertyDebt #DebtFinance #FinancingSolutions #DebtManagement #DebtAdvisory #FinancialServices #DebtRestructuring