AGM
2 February 2024
Apheon promotes seven
John Mansvelt is now COO as Loïc Cerfontaine succeeds him as CFO
2 February 2024
International Valuations Standards updated
The revised version includes ESG valuation considerations in additional chapters on data and inputs and valuation models
2 February 2024
Lombard Odier IM appoints COO
Adam Molina succeeds Alexandre Meyer, now managing partner of the group
26 January 2024
Invest Europe updates investor reporting guidelines
The guidelines have been updated from 2018 to make reporting on fund and portfolio returns more streamlined
19 January 2024
All Seas promotes Martina Ross
Ross has been finance and operations manager at the firm since 2019
16 January 2024
Pollen Street appoints new CFO
Lucy Tilley succeeds Julian Dale as he steps down from the role
8 June 2023
The Drawdown Awards 2023: Winners announced
Congratulations to all of the winners of The Drawdown Awards 2023
3 November 2022
Diversity becomes key metric in fundraising
LPs are increasingly factoring DEI into their capital allocations, says McKinsey
2 June 2021
Investcorp delists
The GP will delist from the Bahrain Bourse and become a closed shareholding company
4 May 2021
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
28 April 2021
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?
21 April 2021
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?
15 February 2021
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
14 December 2020
Class of 2020
A cross-section of industry practitioners share their greatest lessons of this year
24 August 2020
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
23 July 2020
Steadying the ship
Can a solid operating platform provide much needed certainty in an increasingly uncertain world?
15 June 2020
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
8 June 2020
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
19 March 2020
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
16 March 2020
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
27 January 2020
Video AGaMes
Private equity firms are turning to rich media as a way to spice up AGMs