H1 2022 European Private Equity Activity
Preliminary H1 2022 fundraising figures for Europe reached €64.5bn, close to the H1 2021 record figure of €66.0bn.
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The Bitwise/VettaFi 2023 Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Crypto Assets
Fifteen percent of advisors reported allocating to crypto in client accounts in the 2023 survey, compared to 16% in the previous year.
Payments Report 2022
In the 2022 survey, 34 per cent of respondents stated they paid with cash in the past month, down from 50 per cent in spring 2020.
The Economic Footprint of Swedish Venture Capital and Private Equity
Total private equity investments permanently increase Swedish GDP by 3.5%-4.7%.
Venture Capital Survey 2022
The 2022 wave of the survey gathered anonymised responses from 443 venture capital fund managers across 362 VC firms.
Cumulative Regulatory Burden: EU Requirements Affecting Insurers Since March 2023
In March 2023, the European Commission committed to reducing reporting requirements by 25% to reduce red tape and strengthen European competitiveness.
SME Current Challenges
A lack of qualified employees is the primary barrier to achieving business objectives for 41% of Canadian SMEs.
Long-term Investment Outlook 2023
The global economy faces a polycrisis arising from interconnected ecological, economic, and social-political strains after ending a 40-year period of macroeconomic moderation.
Swiss Venture Capital Report Update H1 2022
In the first half of 2022, total invested capital in Swiss start-up financing rose to almost CHF 2.6 billion across more than 160 financing rounds.
Finnish Venture Capital and Private Equity Market Overview 2022
Finnish startups raised nearly €1.2 billion in investments in 2021, breaking the previous year's record of €0.95 billion.
Towards Central Bank Digital Currencies in Asia and the Pacific: Results of a Regional Survey
By August 2021, total crypto asset volume had grown by 230 percent year over year in Asian emerging market economies.
SECA Yearbook 2022
European private equity deal activity reached more than EUR 754 billion in 2021, moving well above trend growth.
French Unlisted Market Activity: Private Equity and Infrastructure in 2021
French private equity and infrastructure fund managers raised a total of €41.8 billion in 2021, up +78% compared to 2020 and +36% compared to 2019.
Assessment of Risks to the French Financial System
The Banque de France baseline scenario projects the French economy to grow by 2.3% in 2022, down from 3.6% at the start of the year.
SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2022
Participating federal agencies obligated $4.12 billion in SBIR funding and $618.3 million in STTR funding, totaling $4.73 billion in FY22.
SICTIC Investment Report 2022
SICTIC facilitated 110 funding rounds in 2021, accounting for 71% of all early-stage ICT investments in Switzerland.
Study of Initial Public Offerings: Performance of Private Equity Backed Swedish IPOs, 2013-2022
A total of 60 PE backed IPOs occurred from the 10 th of December 2013 until the 6th of July 2022 and were analyzed in the study.
Venture Capital & Private Equity in Spain: Activity Report 2022
In 2021, Private Equity and Venture Capital in Spain invested a total volume of €7.572,7M across a record 933 investments.
Euroscape 2022: Reset
Software and cloud giants with valuations above $100B lost approximately ~35% of their market capitalization.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2022
Investments in Swiss start-ups recorded an increase of 44 % in invested capital, reaching 3059 CHF m in 2021.
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2022 Highlights
ICT/Fintech investment more than doubled to achieve a record volume of over CHF 1.5 billion.
Digital Currencies and Energy Consumption
The global payment system is estimated to consume 47.3 TWh of energy annually, accounting for roughly 0.2 percent of total global electricity consumption.
Canadian Health Tech Funding Report & Market Map: 2022: Year in Review
Canadian health tech venture funding totaled $672M across 168 deals in 2022, down 30% from the previous year with an average deal size of $4M.
Annual Report 2021-2022
Alberta Enterprise Corporation has committed $269 million for investment in 25 funds, establishing access to >$3.4 billion of investment capital.
Capital Flow Management Measures in the Digital Age: Challenges of Crypto Assets
Globally, the scale of crypto assets remains relatively small at $2–$3 trillion, or about 1 percent of total market value of financial assets.
From Open Banking to Open Data Economies
Financial executive sentiment towards open banking increased from 55% in 2019 to 71% in 2021, with 83% agreeing it is a revolution for the industry.
SME Financing Outlook
Banks and credit unions remained the main lenders for 63% of SMEs, while 27% applied to government programs and 16% to Crown corporations.
EIF Venture Capital Survey 2021: Market sentiment
The 2021 EIF VC Survey captured responses from 479 VC fund managers representing 379 VC firms across Europe.
BigTech in Financial Services: Regulatory Approaches and Architecture
BigTech firms invested over $2 billion in fintech companies in 2020, with Alphabet generating 23 fintech investments alone.
Private Markets Guide 2021/22
SECA has a membership base of more than 600 members, including investment companies, banks, corporate finance advisors, and private investors.