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Apheon promotes seven

John Mansvelt is now COO as Loïc Cerfontaine succeeds him as CFO

International Valuations Standards updated

The revised version includes ESG valuation considerations in additional chapters on data and inputs and valuation models

Lombard Odier IM appoints COO

Adam Molina succeeds Alexandre Meyer, now managing partner of the group

Invest Europe updates investor reporting guidelines

The guidelines have been updated from 2018 to make reporting on fund and portfolio returns more streamlined

All Seas promotes Martina Ross

Ross has been finance and operations manager at the firm since 2019

Pollen Street appoints new CFO

Lucy Tilley succeeds Julian Dale as he steps down from the role

The Drawdown Awards 2023: Winners announced

Congratulations to all of the winners of The Drawdown Awards 2023

Diversity becomes key metric in fundraising

LPs are increasingly factoring DEI into their capital allocations, says McKinsey

Investcorp delists

The GP will delist from the Bahrain Bourse and become a closed shareholding company

WATCH: What do LPs do with all the data?

A recent webinar discussion explored the way in which data is being communicated, how technology is helping both GPs and LPs, and what LPs are doing with all the information

LISTEN: Do we even need standardisation? Episode 2

The second instalment of a recent podcast discussion examined industry body reporting efforts, and asked if standardised reporting is still necessary?

LISTEN: Do we even need standardisation? Episode 1

A recent podcast discussion explored technological advances in data transmission, and asked if standardised reporting is still necessary?

5 minutes with… Ian Connatty, British Patient Capital

Ian Connatty of British Patient Capital discusses the evolution of fund operations from an LP perspective, changing skill sets, and lasting impacts of the pandemic

Class of 2020

A cross-section of industry practitioners share their greatest lessons of this year

Comment: Navigating capital calls

Lydia Danon and Shelley Drenth of law firm Cooke, Young and Keidan, outline practical steps PE firms ought to be taking to mitigate potential capital call conflicts

Steadying the ship

Can a solid operating platform provide much needed certainty in an increasingly uncertain world?

Domicile watch: June 2020

Key takeaways from the major PE domiciles: including how Luxembourg, Guernsey and Jersey are adjusting their practices as Covid-19 country lockdowns are eased while Cayman highlights a fraudulent due diligence email being circulated

Special sauce

The Drawdown caught up with some of the UK's leading special situations investors to find out how they've been reacting to the crisis

How one GP is handling its AGM amid Covid-19

To reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19, Ratos has altered its arrangements for the firm’s planned AGM

The increasingly public world of private equity

In late January, the IPEM conference in Cannes brought together almost 3,000 delegates, spanning all corners of the industry. The key takeaway was that private equity is an increasingly public affair

Video AGaMes

Private equity firms are turning to rich media as a way to spice up AGMs