Accouting standards

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