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NEWSLETTER | 29 Jan 2020

With the effects of the coronavirus beginning to impact Europe and other areas outside of China, in this week's newsletter Karin Wasteson finds out why investors should adopt a cautious approach to maintain market stability and avoid panic.

We also look at how, after a decade or so of caution, investors are regaining their appetite for opportunities Central and Eastern Europe with the number of emerging Europe PE deals reaching a record high in 2019.

James Williams, meanwhile, turns his attention to the healthcare sector and looks at how with deals on the up, healthtech firms are increasingly catching the eye of investors…

Private Equity Wire

Coronavirus: investors urged to practice caution

Wed | 29 Jan 2020, 12:33

As the first documented case of the coronavirus is confirmed in Germany and the death toll rises above 100, investors are urging for “caution” to keep markets stable.

Wed | 29 Jan 2020, 12:33

After a decade of investor caution towards Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), is the recent switch to net labour inflows to the region heralding a newborn appetite from international LPs While CEE fundraising levels are still far from the levels seen before 2008, a fresh study by CMS shows that private equity investments reached a record high of 318 deals in emerging Europe in 2019, accounting for 16 per cent of all deal-making there.

Wed | 29 Jan 2020, 12:33

As the consultancy.eu website reported last May, private equity buyout deals in the healthcare sector rose to USD63 billion in 2018, a near 50 per cent year-on-year increase, with North America leading the way. And in Europe, PE healthcare specialist investor Global Healthcare Opportunities (GHO Capital Partners) are tapping in to investor demand; its GHO Capital Fund II, which closed in November 2019, attracted EUR975 million, some 50 per cent larger than its inaugural fund in 2015.

Wed | 29 Jan 2020, 12:33

With the UK on the brink of finally exiting the EU at the end of this week, only a third of financial professionals view the city as the world's number one financial hub.

Wed | 29 Jan 2020, 12:33

Private equity groups keen to bolster their ‘green’ credentials may wish to consider how they might avail of upcoming Proposed Taxonomy Regulation in Europe, as they seek to standardise, and measure, the real impact of sustainable investments in their portfolios.

Wed | 29 Jan 2020, 12:33

Jerusalem Venture Partners has led a USD5 million funding round in Vicarius for its predictive cyberthreat technology, together with Innovation Hub and Goldbell. Vicarious automatically detects, patches and protects against yet-to-be-discovered software vulnerabilities before they are exploited by hackers.