M&A Research: Global

In this edition of real estate spotlight, Preqin looks at the changing consultant and investor attitudes to private real estate, as well as examining the current levels of employment across the private equity industry.

In this edition of DealMarket's PE news digest: data from Intralinks shows a dip in M&A dealflow in Q3; Terra Firma buys Annington Homes for USD 3.2bn in the deal of the week; East Asian PE dealmaking doubles in 2012; and Zulily, the latest billion dollar start-up.

This month’s edition of Preqin's Infrastructure Spotlight analyses the latest fundraising data and explores the prospects for fundraising in 2013, looking at current trends in the market, the evolution of the fundraising sector since 2008 and prospects for 2013.

In 2013, at least one European next-generation technology company will achieve a USD 1 billion valuation through a sale, IPO or fundraising. This prediction from Magister Advisors, global M&A advisors to the technology industry, reflects how quickly the next wave of European tech companies is maturing into high value business.

Coalition, a leading analytics provider to the global financial services industry, presents its analysis of the leading global investment banks' performance for Q3 2012. Among its findings are that investment bank revenues were flat compared to the same period last year, and general uncertainty about the strength of the global economy coupled with low M&A deal volumes and declining client demand have continued to have a negative impact on the market.