In the latest edition of Preqin Investor Outlook: Private Equity, featuring the results of Preqin's survey of over 100 private equity investors, Preqin reveals investors' plans for new investments in 201, strategies and geographies targeted in 2013 and key issues and satisfaction with returns.

In this edition of its Private Equity Spotlight, Preqin features exclusive data and analysis from its 2013 Global PE Report, including an overview of the industry in 2012 and its prospects for the coming 12 months.

In the latest edition of the private equity news digest, DealMarket takes a look at the importance of corporate venturing, predictions for the cleantech sector in 2013 and the growing market for secondary deals, as well as the rumoured buyout of UK mobile operator EE.

Preqin's real estate investor outlook for the first half of 2013 shows institutional investors are showing increasing appetite for private real estate, with 53.0 per cent of respondents expecting to make commitments to private real estate funds in 2013 compared with 36.0 per cent of respondents to a similar study carried out a year ago.

Magister Advisors, M&A advisors to the global technology industry, sets out its predictions for the technology industry for the remainder of 2013. Among them: software will dictate success in the mobile industry; this will be Facebook's year; and Amazon will emerge as a force in mobile.