Colin Devereaux

2 months ago | insight.factset.com | Elisabeth Kashner |FactSet Insight |Colin Devereaux

U.S. ETFs broke everything in 2024. We saw record-high flows and new launches. AUM crossed the $10 trillion threshold. Crypto burst onto the scene. Active management exploded in popularity. Leveraged single-stock ETFs captured a shocking level of flows, and the ones focused on MicroStrategy actually stopped functioning properly. An ETF that profits off the volatility of an erstwhile software company that has become a leveraged play on Bitcoin? Peak 2024.

Jan 23, 2025 | insight.factset.com | FactSet Insight |Colin Devereaux

FactSet is on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and our first episode focuses on Washington and the financial sector. It’s full speed ahead in the first 100 days of the new administration with reviews of previous regulations and proposals of new regulations along with selections of new heads of key financial services sector agencies such as the SEC, CFTC, OCC, FDIC, and CFPB. There are also four major deadlines that will drive the Congressional decision-making process throughout the year.

Jan 21, 2025 | insight.factset.com | Colin Devereaux |FactSet Insight |Jose Paulo Tolentino

In private equity, the large strategies of buyouts, venture capital, credit, and real estate naturally grab the headlines as the biggest players in the industry. But there is an important subset of strategies to explore: the fund of funds, co-investments, and secondaries that raise private capital to invest in the big fund strategies. As those strategies make up a smaller percentage of the industry and our dataset, we’ve analyzed whether their returns mirror those of the total industry.

Nov 19, 2024 | insight.factset.com | FactSet Insight |Sean Ryan |Colin Devereaux

U.S. M&A deal activity increased in October, going up 9.1% with 1,202 announcements compared to 1,102 in September. However, aggregate M&A spending decreased. In October, 18.9% less was spent on deals compared to September. In terms of M&A deal activity, 4 of the 21 sectors tracked by FactSet saw an increase in M&A deal activity over the past three months relative to the same three-month period one year ago: Health Technology (123 vs. 110), Electronic Technology (78 vs. 69), Miscellaneous (12 vs.

Oct 17, 2024 | insight.factset.com | FactSet Insight |Sean Ryan |Colin Devereaux

U.S. M&A deal activity increased in September, going up 4.6% with 986 announcements compared to 943 in August. Aggregate M&A spending increased as well. In September 9.3% more was spent on deals compared to August. In terms of M&A deal activity, 6 of the 21 sectors tracked by FactSet saw an increase in M&A deal activity over the past three months relative to the same three-month period one year ago.