It is becoming that time of year – and I am not talking about the required office Christmas parties and dutiful time with the family.

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") has now been approved by the European Council, the last legislative obstacle to becoming officially adopted into EU law.

In this article, we discuss some of the recent developments in the restructuring and turnaround world and do some horizon scanning to try and predict which direction European credit might be headed for the remainder of 2019.

In situations where the directors and majority shareholders approve of the relevant arrangement, it is tempting to consider the breaches as "technical", and of little consequence.

Photocopied or faxed signatures were eyebrow-raisers, accepted only on a solemn promise to come good with originals asap.

Here's the latest article from the finance and restructuring team, where Paul Durban and Michael Crosby look at current trends and opportunities in the private capital markets set against a challenging...

Welcome to a special joint issue of Collateral and Alternative Insight. This time, last year, we reported on the swelling use of subscription credit lines by managers of private equity funds.

Indeed, last year's proverbial ‘black swan' has served as a stark reminder to investors that extreme, unexpected and unprecedented events do happen and can have a major impact on the global economy.

Competitive bidding processes, once the preserve of big buyouts, are now a feature of M&A transactions of all sizes.

The traditional private equity fund is a 10-year close-ended vehicle, with a five-year investment period and an average holding period of three to six years.

Despite the existence of some genuinely distinctive individuals in the private equity industry, the difficulty of distinguishing private equity funds from one another is well-trodden ground.

The same is true for "marketing drift". And let's not forget: marketing a fund is hardly nursery slope stuff. It's a black-diamond run.

Swept up in the unexpected euphoria of a not-that-embarrassing World Cup for England, Matthew Craig-Greene tries his best to justify writing about it.

Last week, the UK Government announced a new £250m Future Fund (Future Fund) to be administered in partnership with the British Business Bank (BBB) to support UK start-ups during these difficult times.

In the context of investment businesses, it is important to remember that regulatory capital is designed to help a firm conduct an orderly wind down and to act as buffer for external and internal shocks.

In this edition of Loud & Clear, we blow away the virtual call cobwebs to share a few tips and tricks that we know both Zoom noobs and ninjas, alike will find useful.

A co-investment is where an LP makes an additional, separate investment in a target company in parallel with the main investment made by a fund (the Sponsor Fund) in which, oftentimes, the LP is itself an investor.

Every year, MJ Hudson surveys the terms of a large, diverse sample of in-market private equity, venture capital, growth capital, infrastructure, real estate and private debt funds, where we have advised either the fund manager ...

Welcome to the second of three joint editions of On Target and Collateral.

This article tells you what you need to know about the proposed reforms, their potential impact and the path to implementation.