15: 2020 Review: UK & Ireland

The full picture of Covid-19's impact on private equity activity
will become clearer when final numbers can be tallied up in early
2021. But the early figures highlight how a 2008-style meltdown
was averted, both in terms of deal-doing and fundraising.



That said, the crisis has further exacerbated a bifurcation in
the market that is likely to lead to ever more competitive
processes and correspondingly high average entry multiples, at a
time when the full ramifications of Covid-19 for a number of
businesses are still not crystal clear.



Unquote editor Greg Gille welcomes Unquote’s UK market
specialist, Katharine Hidalgo, to discuss how the UK industry
fared in 2020 and what’s on the minds of market players as 2021
beckons.



0:00 – Intro
0:33 – Pan-European 2020 trends overview
2:38 – UK headline figures
4:50 – Pent-up demand and CGT hike looming
9:14 – Outlook for 2021



Theme music: 2012 Kick Up The Fire