Vital statistics

When competition is brutal and confidence falters, due diligence can be key to the outcome of a deal, Mark Dunne reports 

PLUS Markets

Share market operator PLUS Markets Group intends to leave AIM for its own PLUS-Listed platform, writes Leslie Copeland 

Exploring the options

There may be fewer deals on the table, but the ones that are getting through are seeing more innovative funding structures, writes Patrizia Rossi 

Positive signs for PLUS

PLUS Markets claims it has wholly reinvented itself over the past few years. Leslie Copeland surveys the landscape 

The gathering storm

When Jon Moulton addressed a private equity conference in Germany in February, the audience was left in little doubt as to his feelings about the industry’s immediate future. 

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