Accouting standards
2 March 2021
Comment: Choosing the right auditor
Karen Allan of Haysmacintyre outlines why a move to a mid-tier auditor can reap multiple benefits
24 February 2021
Valuing a business in the Covid world
Owen Trotter, managing partner of Key Capital Partners, outlines his learnings on valuing companies in the current environment
8 February 2021
GAAP in Lux
Avega Capital Management’s Nic Mueller discusses why the Grand Duchy’s new interpretation of accounting standards is important for private equity funds
25 January 2021
The profile: Allan Dowie, CFO of N4 Partners
The Drawdown caught up with partner and CFO of new firm N4 Partners, Allan Dowie, who discusses setting up the firm during lockdown, implementing a new valuation process and information flows
11 January 2021
The ESG tech wave
From static and infrequent DDQs to real-time, performance linked, fully integrated improvements; ESG is fast-becoming a tech play
5 January 2021
Capital call levels greater than distributions
Latest findings from Triago and Cebile highlight the oddities of 2020, including the rapid rise of GP-leds
15 December 2020
IPEV reiterates special guidance ahead of year end
IPEV board reaffirms that fair value is the best measure of valuing private assets
14 December 2020
Class of 2020
A cross-section of industry practitioners share their greatest lessons of this year
7 December 2020
NAVs won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022
80% of Duff & Phelps survey respondents believe up to 30% of private market investments won’t recover their pre-pandemic values until 2022 or beyond
17 November 2020
PE ESG reports “too superficial”
Brackendale’s latest survey found LPs are dissatisfied with PE ESG reports because they lack detail, are too vague and provide superficial statements on intent
3 November 2020
LPs only report half of costs
Only half of total investment management costs are included in LP financial statements, according to analysis by CEM Benchmarking
29 September 2020
5 minutes with…Tuomas Saarinen, Apollonian
We caught up with independent valuation provider Apollonian’s co-founder and chair Tuomas Saarinen to find out how the company came about and the importance of valuing intangible assets.
22 September 2020
Rochford launches in the UK
Treasury management provider Rochford Capital expands from Australian roots to the UK
21 September 2020
KPMG Luxembourg names new sector leads
Chrystelle Veeckmans is head of asset management and Christophe Diricks is head of alternative investments
24 August 2020
UK GPs spend $8.6m on legals annually
A new report has revealed how much private equity firms are spending on external legal counsel
2 July 2020
5 minutes with… Matthew Crisp, Wheelhouse
The CEO of Wheelhouse Advisors discusses the firm’s spinout from ACA Compliance and the key tax, regulatory and compliance developments PE firms need to be aware of
15 June 2020
Comment: Considerations for hiring tax talent
As the importance of having internal tax resources grows, what needs to be considered when hiring this type of talent?
11 June 2020
EQT secures largest ESG-linked sub line
EQT's Therése Lennehag: "With this ESG-linked financing facility, we actively contribute to increasing the availability of high-quality ESG data, critical for the financial markets to be able to build a resilient and regenerative economy"
11 May 2020
Join us: CFOs & FD networks
Part one of our mini series on networks in PE: this instalment considers CFO & FD networks and finds they can be more hindrance than help
15 April 2020
PwC publishes special guidance update on valuations
The accountancy firm considers the guide an additional support to the statement released last month by IPEV on estimating Fair Value during the crisis
27 March 2020
Hazard warning: valuations in the midst of volatility
Key considerations for valuing portfolio companies in current conditions
17 February 2020
Face value
A group of venture capital CFOs sat down with The Drawdown to discuss challenges of valuing pre-revenue companies and implications of the new IPEV guidelines
9 January 2020
Valuations what’s new, what’s not and what matters
A round-up of recent regulatory developments for private equity valuation practices
18 December 2019
Q&A with Raxita Kapashi, CFO at Dawn Capital
Having recently joined Dawn Capital as the company's first official CFO, Kapashi discusses her new role and what led her to join a venture capital firm
25 November 2019
The Profile: Jackson Heddy, Northzone
Jackson Heddy discusses the particular challenges of running a venture back office; including the complexity of data analysis for young companies and troublesome valuation methods
20 November 2019
Luxembourg’s AUM increased 20% year-to-year
Figure comes from ALFI's latest 2018 Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Funds Survey
6 September 2018
Private equity’s IRR claims slammed as “fake news”
Calls on LPs to “look closely” pile further pressure on already-controversial metric
17 August 2018
Appetite mounts for standardised performance reporting
Compliance with GIPS rules can be factor in GP searches by consultants, survey shows
28 June 2018
5 minutes with… Jyoti Banerjee
Reporting expert discusses why PE needs an information architecture and a CIO to run it