The African private equity industry in Africa may be young and subject to various shortcomings but political stability, infrastructure growth and increasing consumer activity has given it a more positive outlook for this year, the Financial Times reported.
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Merger activity rises as markets remain buoyant - report
According to a report by The New York Times, mergers are picking up activity as financial markets worldwide, including the US, are becoming stronger and more stable.
Index shows small businesses in US increase borrowings in November
The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index showed that small businesses in the US increased their borrowings in November 2013 compared to that of the previous year, Reuters reported.
Royal Bank of Canada is top dealmaker on Canadian retail M&A- report
The top dealmaker for Canadian retail mergers and acquisitions for 2013 is the Royal Bank of Canada, data from Bloomberg revealed. RBC has held the top spot for the third straight year.
Morningstar data shows outflows of $2.08 billion in December from DoubleLine's flagship fund
The outflows of Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine flagship fund in December last year amounted to $2.08 billion, according to research firm Morningstar's data, marking the seventh month in a row that investors have withdrawn money from the fund.
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The Wall Street Journal reported that institutional investors will best remember 2013 as a year of record gains, as buoyant markets facilitated IPOs and debt deals that paid hefty dividends.
Data from Cambridge Associates showed that 2013 was a good year for private equity as they returned $120 billion to their institutional backers, the San Francisco Business Times reported.
Indian companies were able to get private equity deals worth $10.68 billion in 2013, an increase of 12% in value terms compared to that of the previous year.
The global private equity industry closed 2013 with "dry powder" amounting to $1.074 trillion, a figure much higher than the previous record high of $1.067 billion posted before the 2008 global financial crisis.
Private equity companies are buying the debt of the companies they own so they can become creditors and have a second shot at making money on their investments.
Private equity firms are increasingly seeking to partner with U.S. companies rather than buying them outright, as they struggle to find ways to put their huge piles of money to work at a time when frothy markets have made takeovers expensive.
Which emerging and frontier market countries were the best stock performers in dollar terms in 2013?
Which emerging and frontier market countries were the best stock performers in dollar terms? Time for an end of year quiz. Which emerging and frontier market countries were the best stock performers in dollar terms?Nil points if you said China, with its colossal internal market, recession-free Poland, or oil-rich Nigeria.
The initial public offering (IPO) pipeline of Australia is set to improve along with merger and acquisition activity in 2014 despite poor performances this year, according to investment bank UBS.
Angel funding in Russian companies were 4.5 times more than funding from angel investors in 2012, according to a joint study by National Association of Business Angels (NABA), Atom Partners and RVC.
