Market Strategy

The global secondary market saw record volume in 2025, and growth can increasingly be found in the APAC region.   APAC accounts for less than 10% of the now-$240 billion secondary market. But investor appetite is growing as APAC secondary funds have enough dry powder to fund three years’ worth of deals. The APAC secondary

We recently spoke with Dominic Lester and his colleague Lorna Shearin, Deputy Head of EMEA Investment Banking, to get their take on the state of European economies and the transaction environment. We also connected with Ed Keen, Head of Equities EMEA, and Alex Coffey, Head of EMEA Research, for additional perspective on why mid-sized companies are attracting so much investor interest.

By: Ron Eliasek Jefferies Chairman of TMT, Head of Software Fifteen years ago, Marc Andreessen famously said, “Software is eating the world.” But on February 3, public software companies lost $300 billion in market value amid fears that new tools like Anthropic’s Claude Cowork will eat their business models. At one point, the IGV iShares

Ahead of this year’s conference, we sat down with Dominic Lester, EMEA Head of Investment Banking; Edward Keen, Head of Equities EMEA; and Lorna Shearin, Deputy Head of EMEA Investment Banking, to discuss the themes shaping the European mid-cap landscape and what to expect from the event.

How did ESG perform during the presidencies of Donald Trump (R) and Joe Biden (D)?

A confluence of factors – including the taming of deflation and a dramatic push for corporate reform by the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) – has Japan poised to deliver some of the world’s best global investment returns through 2030.

David Zervos is skeptical the Fed will be able to quickly declare victory over inflation and expects that a solid economic outlook should translate to a more restrictive Fed, for a longer duration.

Corporations and PE firms are increasingly partnering up on acquisitions. What makes these transactions attractive?