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Three ways to nurture generative AI to enhance operational resilience strategies

Top of the ops: Be young, be foolish, be PE?

This episode of TOTO examines talent retention in PE with Kerry Heaton, chief people officer at Hg

In Conversation: Connecting private markets through AI

The next generation of AI tools have the potential to transform private markets but how widespread is their adoption by GPs, their service providers and LPs?

Q&A: Speed, stability, service

HSBC Innovation Banking’s strategic fund solutions team explain how they focus on agility to solve the financing needs of midmarket private equity

Q&A: Automation evaluation

Jeremy Hocter, managing director at Holland Mountain, explains which AI tools have the strongest use cases for private equity

Column: Govern-ready AI

Dörte Höppner, chief sustainability officer at the Riverside Company, on AI governance in PE

Inex One launches collaboration platform

Tool to connect strategy teams and investors with expert networks

Investec Bank launches private credit management division

Michael Miller joins as head of private credit management after 21 years at HSBC

The FTC’s non-compete ban and its consequences

If you or your loved ones have been incentivised to remain at your current employer, you may be entitled to compensation

Clifford Chance promotes Dunne to partner

Stephanie Dunne has been at the firm for a decade, since completing her training contract

Ogier welcomes McManus into partnership

Matt McManus joined the firm in 2021 as a managing associate

Recipe for success(ion)

Chef’s tip: Make sure to carefully fold succession planning into the mixture before cooking up a fundraise

Blackstone’s head of GP stakes departs

Mustafa Siddiqui spent 14 years at the firm and had held his current role for four years

May 2024 Magazine Cover

Latest Magazine

Our latest issue takes a look at three use cases for AI implementation in private equity operations, examining whether Microsoft Copilot, legaltech or valuations calculation tools are yet pulling their weight.

We also ask whether back office liftouts could become a trend in Europe, observe how collateralised fund obligations are becoming a part of the fund finance toolkit, and try to discover whatever happened to ESG-linked loans.

In addition, there are interviews with Dorothea Sztopko, COO of Golding Capital, and Kasun De Silva, COO of Bootstrap Europe, while Dörte Höppner of Riverside Company considers AI-related governance issues.

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BlackSwan Cyber launches cyber DD and management tool

Tool to assist with cybersecurity DD on potential acquisitions and monitoring across existing portfolio

Socium partners with Axos Bank

Partnership to allow Socium to provide loan file management operations for its clients

Patria Investments acquires abrdn’s PE solutions business

Deal to form new private market solutions vertical with an aggregate fee-earning AUM of more than $10m

Forge opens for business in Europe

Secondary marketplace for trading private company shares received investment and support from Deutsche Börse

Anaplan acquires Fluence Technologies

Acquisition adds consolidation capabilities into connected planning platform

AIFM-P

The ‘P’ stands for: “potential for wider reform in the FCA’s AIFMD review”

EQT appoints legal director

Formerly with Invesco, StepStone and BlackRock, Archanna Ramu will be responsible for client relations and capital raising

73 Strings attaches audit mode

Company aims to increase data transparency for fund managers

Apex partners with Capcade

Partnership creates stakeholder management platform

Mayfair creates new senior data lead

Maria Carradice is also responsible for ESG

Hg makes leadership appointments

Firm welcomes Vijay Bharadia as CFO and Samantha McGonigle as general counsel and partner

Globacap and Tokeny team up on tokenisation

Partnership aims to enable secondary markets execution, streamline workflows and ensure record integrity

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