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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

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

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

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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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

Bonaccord makes minority investment in Lead Edge

No change to Lead Edge’s investment process, daily management or operations as part of the deal

Profile: Kasun De Silva

From an education in engineering to career beginnings in fund administration, the COO walks us through going in-house, taking on valuations, launching a hedge fund and returning to venture debt

SimCorp launches integrated portfolio management platform

SimCorp One is the second part of the firm’s offering after Point Solutions, powered by Axioma

Maguar appoints senior fund controller

Formerly with Deutsche Private Equity, Joachim Deselaers moves into the role

Calculated risks

In a volatile macroeconomic environment, it is key to continuously assess challenges and changes in the marketplace, according to Tim Eberle from the Citco group of companies (Citco)

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