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The major telecoms have paid a fortune for their 3G licences, according to The Industry Standard - now they have to make them work. Software firms are springing up to supply the demand, and VCs are backing them.

The top end of the UK buy-out sector had a record-breaking year in 2000, according to this short report from KPMG Corporate Finance. Despite the broader economic downturn, the figures suggest the outlook for the private equity market is far from bleak.

The Industry Standard decodes European quarterly reports for 2000 on venture capital investment, with an eye on the US markets.

The UK venture capital industry is the largest and most developed in Europe, but it is reluctant to invest in small, high-tech start-ups. This Bank of England Report examines why.

Need the basics on venture capital and private equity? Here's a good, basic overview written by the US's National Venture Capital Association. It includes an explanation of the asset class and focuses on some of the key characteristics of private equity funds.

Private equity investments across the world totalled $136bn in 1999 – an increase of 65 per cent over the previous year – according to this report by 3i and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Confidence in the economy has been gradually eroding since mid-1999, according to this fourth quarter 2000 report by Deloitte & Touche. But despite a wave of pessimism, only 15 per cent of VCs anticipate an actual slowdown in deal activity.

Could establishing a suitable benchmark for venture capital promote institutional investment in start-ups? This is the question addressed here by a report from the Pensions Institute in March 2001.

The pressure is on for UK institutions to at least take a look at private equity. Trouble is, there isn't much information on the subject says Tony Golding. It's high time we started catching up with the US, where there is a whole army of private equity experts.

Fund of funds is a relatively new concept for private equity investments and makes this asset class accessible to a broad base of potential investors. But a new, even more flexible type of fund of funds has emerged. The single investor fund of funds allows institutions to customise their investments to suit their needs. Here FERI Private Equity presents the benefits of using this type of vehicle to invest in the asset class.