Compliance software

Ontra expands legal operating platform

Ontra Atlas is an automated entity management solution

Amicorp launches ESG reporting and rating service

The new service includes audited ESG reports, analysis, business planning and policy implementation

GPs find brand perception key reason for ESG reporting

A survey conducted by Oliver Wyman and Novata highlights challenges for measuring ESG financial impact

Tikehau invests in Anthesis

Tikehau shares ownership of the ESG consultancy with Carlyle, Palatine and Anthesis employee shareholders

Atfinity partners with Scrive

Partnership aims to improve digital onboarding and client lifecycle processes

Cardano partners with DiligenceVault

Risk and sustainability advisory firm to integrate digital diligence platform for automated ODD services

MSCI expands partnership with Google

Companies to provide generative AI offering for portfolio and risk management, including climate risk

MSCI acquires Burgiss

MSCI will purchase the remaining 66% of the data provider

IDR secures Hamilton Lane investment

Hamilton Lane has also integrated IDR’s onboarding services into its own processes

The Drawdown Award Winners: John Eggleston

John Eggleston, partner and global CTO at Pantheon Ventures, was named Technology Professional of the Year at The Drawdown Awards 2023

ndaOK launches NDA review tool

The AI-based tool automates non-disclosure agreement processing

Quality control

CDP’s latest report analyses how a unified global regulatory approach can foster better ESG ratings and data products

Iceberg Data Lab launches Barbatus

The tool uses generative AI to produce ESG data analysis

Apex signs strategic partnership with Flow

The fund administrator’s clients will have access to Flow’s investor lifecycle management platform

Worldfavor partners with Northpeak

The collaboration will combine Worldfavor’s sustainability data platform with Northpeak’s ESG consultancy services

IQ-EQ grows compliance offering in Asia

Company has acquired compliance firms ComplianceAsia and Lymon

Comment: Decision delegation

Hamish Paget-Brown, associate at ECI Partners , explores the potential of AI to lead decision making in the private equity market.

ACA launches portfolio management solution

Managed Performance Services aims to assist fund managers with performance measurement and reporting features

IDR appoints operations director

Karen Bee has two decades of experience in financial crime operations roles

The Drawdown Awards 2023: Winners announced

Congratulations to all of the winners of The Drawdown Awards 2023

Survey: How is your digital transformation progressing?

The digital transformation of private capital funds continues to gather pace – The Drawdown, in partnership with IQ-EQ, is once again taking the pulse of the private capital fund market's digital transformation

AssetMetrix partners with Proof

Partnership sees launch of ESG tool focused on compliance with SFDR

Profile: Mark Pleaner, Lightrock

The chief compliance officer believes a dedicated compliance function is a vital catalyst across operations, deal-doing and culture

Daaappa rolls out standalone software

Company hopes to address needs around data transparency, customisation and aggregation

Intapp acquires Paragon Data Labs

The platform aims to accelerate compliance disclosure workflows

Comment: Transforming the alternative investment industry

Alter Domus's chief commercial officer Alex Traub discusses the fund administrator's digital transformation

Cutting edge through technology

Majority of LPs want their GPs to invest more in technology to cut costs

TECHWORK 23: Christian Schumer, ICG

Christian led a review of the firm's corporate and business services function and is implementing the results

SimCorp partners with Matter

Partnership aims to assist investors with aligning their portfolios to the UN’s SDGs

TECHWORK 23: Robert Sciaraffo, The Riverside Company

Robert is looking to centralise the firm's data and reporting

TECHWORK 23: Lucas Root, Innova

Focuses on scaling the team and company, implementing foundational processes and tools

TECHWORK 23: Simon Munday, Bregal Investments

Simon is passionate about data visualisation

5 minutes with… Tim Flannery, co-founder and CEO of Passthrough

The Drawdown spoke to the CEO and co-founder to discuss automating subscription documentation and differentiators in a high-tech world

ACA Group launches compliance programme

Scalable offering combines advisory services, regulatory technology and managed services

Profile: Brian Mason, BC Partners

The head of technology discusses the human side of tech and its role in decision making

CrossCountry launches tech offering

Digital platform combines support with accounting, risk, digital transformation and transactions

The conversation: True outsourcing?

At a recent Breakfast Briefing event held in London, a panel of experts discussed the realities of co-sourcing, and asked if the approach really can allow CFOs to control their data

Citco partners with Fenergo

Citco to integrate Fenergo’s client lifecycle management platform

Crestbridge appoints senior risk and compliance officer

Marie Morris joins from Butterfield Bank to assume the roles of director and money laundering compliance officer

Diligend secures series A and rebrands

Financing round led by Nasdaq Ventures; Diligend becomes Dasseti

Core opens for business

The company offers a range of fund administration services for GPs based in Guernsey

IDR launches next-generation fund subscription

The service aims to provide a smooth fund subscription service that easily connects GPs and LPs

Capital-raising punishment: Painful process

A sleek and streamlined onboarding process is vital to make sure hard-won commitments aren’t scared off

5 minutes with… David Genn, CEO of Goji

We spoke to the CEO of Goji to find out how they are using digitisation to open up investor access to private equity funds

Euroclear acquires Goji

The acquisition allows Euroclear to enter the private markets through digitisation

IQ-EQ acquires Laven Compliance

Acquisition sees IQ-EQ expand its regulatory compliance services

Goji partners with Apex

The partnership aims to streamline onboarding, KYC & AML and digital subscriptions

Diligend partners with Intelligo

The partnership aims to improve due diligence with platform, Clarity

Investing in new tech is major challenge for GPs

According to a new report from Aztec, 83% of alternative investors are struggling with bringing new technologies into their firms

Hazeltree appoints chief technology officer

Paul Higdon joins the treasury management technology provider from ION Treasury

ESG Enterprise launches digital sustainability solution

The ESG-as-a-service API library aims to help firms move towards their sustainability goals

Profile: Phillipe Laval, Jolt Capital

The deep tech investor’s CTO dives into software, data and the intricacies of his role

CSC finalises Intertrust acquisition

CSC first bid for Intertrust in December 2021

IDR launches MLRO offering

The money laundering reporting service covers several fund jurisdictions, including Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Guernsey, Jersey and the UK

ACA Group expands managed services offering

The company has combined its advisory practice with a regulatory technology tool

Broadridge launches SFDR reporting solution

The end-to-end tool aims at supporting asset managers with SFDR-required disclosures

Workato partners with Lionpoint

The partnership aims to improve operational processes with latest technological advancements

Aztec launches streamlined onboarding solution

Aztec Verify automates the due diligence process while ensuring regulatory compliance

ACA acquires Ethos ESG

The acquisition sees ACA expand its advisory business with tech-based analytics

Maples launches ESG fund services solutions

They aim to support fund managers and institutional investors with ESG and impact investing credentials