According to Deloitte’s global M&A Index, there has been a significant recent increase in major divestment activity, with companies announcing nearly USD 200 billion worth of global divestments in 2016 alone, compared to USD 150 billion in 2014.

In this month's Hedge Fund Spotlight, Preqin details the preferences and interests of each different investor type active in hedge funds to fully understand how to approach investors in 2018.

In this month's Private Equity & Venture Capital Spotlight, Preqin examines the current market for private equity buyout activity in the information technology (IT) industry.

This paper discusses changes made, on 8 January 2018 to the U.K. Takeover Code.

In this month's Real Estate Spotlight, Preqin looks at US private equity real estate deal flow in 2017.