Fund Finance Tracker 7: Transparent need for candour
Lenders and advisers have talked a good game about the growing acceptance of the use of NAV facilities among LPs, yet transaction volumes remain lower than expected
Latest news & insights
17 October 2024
LDC hires Bootstrap COO
De Silva joins as head of fund finance after two years at Bootstrap Europe
17 October 2024
Budget Forecast: Low visibility, chance of rain
With only two weeks until Labour’s first Budget, uncertainty about tax rates is leaving private equity professionals spooked
17 October 2024
Juniper Square acquires Forstone Luxembourg
Fund admin aims to enter the European market
17 October 2024
Revaia appoints two
Marine Ponchet joins as financial controller while Petar Karageorgiev expands the firm’s new London team
17 October 2024
Apex expands to Chile
Acquisition of Finix Group constitutes bid to enter Andean Latin American market and consolidate presence in the region
17 October 2024
deVere Group secures family office licence
Firm aims to provide wealth preservation, investment management and intergenerational planning services
Analysis
17 October 2024
Budget Forecast: Low visibility, chance of rain
With only two weeks until Labour’s first Budget, uncertainty about tax rates is leaving private equity professionals spooked
10 October 2024
Don’t Draghi me down
The possibility of a Pan-EU regulator for financial markets is terrifying for Luxembourg but the track record of ESMA also makes it implausible
30 September 2024
No country for old men
As PE’s pioneers begin to head off into the sunset, Matthias Plötz heads into the prairie to find out how the next generation will earn its spurs
2 September 2024
Bridging the Atlantic
Despite the Fifth Circuit ruling that quashed the SEC’s proposed Private Fund Adviser Rules, the gap between the US and European approaches to fund operations is getting smaller, writes Jon Whiteaker
2 September 2024
Navigating a changing regulatory environment
From Brexit to the pandemic, recent geopolitical events have led to major legal changes throughout the UK and Europe. American firms are tasked with figuring out which reforms help and which hurt, writes Kyle Campbell
Profiles
14 October 2024
Stake a chance on… Wafra
We speak to Gustavo Cardenas on assessing operational infrastructure when undertaking GP stakes investments
7 October 2024
5 minutes with… Planr CEO Owen Pagan
The service provider aims to reduce AI implementation times in the industry
3 October 2024
5 minutes with… Ivo Schmiedt, Vestlane
The CEO and founder speaks on his company’s mission of removing barriers to fundraising in private equity and the intricacies of a fund’s onboarding process
26 September 2024
5 minutes with… Charles Grant, Fund HQ
The firm aims to provide an outsourced CFO service to PE firms, replicating its success with hedge funds
19 September 2024
Profile: Daria Pawelko, Innova Capital
The ESG director discusses the implementation of the firm’s ‘Beyond Profit’ strategy
16 September 2024
5 Minutes with… Mark Woolhouse, Treble Peak
The CEO and founder shares with The Drawdown how he raises public capital for private markets firms
