Fundraising & fund structuring
5 June 2023
State of substance
How are GPs giving their firms the necessary mass to operate in Luxembourg?
5 June 2023
IQ-EQ partners with Novata
The partnership aims to incorporate Novata’s ESG data solution into IQ-EQ’s existing services
1 June 2023
What the AI?! Canoe Intelligence
Our new AI series kicks off by exploring the burning questions with Aman Soni, VP of data strategy at Canoe Intelligence
31 May 2023
Answering the right questions
GPs and LPs agree qualitative ESG reporting is a crucial competitive advantage but disagree on reporting requirements, says PwC
30 May 2023
Gottschalg Analytics powers up
Company aims to provide performance intelligence services via proprietary algorithms
25 May 2023
Bridges promotes seven
Asa David and Nazli Kayalp have been promoted to fund director and fund manager, respectively, and Iveta Grazule is promoted to legal associate
25 May 2023
Deep dive on Alpha’s fund finance solution
Following the recent announcement of Alpha Group’s new fund finance solution, we sit down with Sam Marsh, MD institutional, and Adam Heaysman, who is heading up the new offering, to find out more
23 May 2023
Accelex launches portfolio analytics platform
The platform aims to provide visibility and automated data analysis on portfolio funds, commitments and underlying assets
22 May 2023
Comment: Does SFDR encourage greenwashing?
Pinsent Masons financial services partner Mark Shaw asks the awkward question
19 May 2023
Blackrock to launch LTAF
The FCA has granted Blackrock approval to launch fourth LTAF on the market
18 May 2023
SFDR comPAIrisons
Clarity AI analysed differences in performance and strategies of 27,000 Article 6, 8 and 9 funds
18 May 2023
Profile: Matt Harrison, Stanley Capital
The firm's CFO discusses the way technology helps influence investment decisions and how his firm uses AI to drive portfolio company growth
17 May 2023
Retail investors increasing PE allocations
Study finds net 11% of retail allocators in Europe have increased PE client exposure during the last year
16 May 2023
Suntera acquires Carey
Acquisition is a bid to broaden Suntera’s services offering and bolster the company’s fund admin capabilities
15 May 2023
EQT opens up PE to individual investors
The launch of semi-liquid portfolio EQT Nexus makes PE funds available to individual investors
15 May 2023
NAV financing: volumes increase but total value falls
New figures reveal an uptick in the number of NAV transactions for 2022, however the total value of deals dropped by 12.5% on the previous year
11 May 2023
Alpha Group launches fund finance arm
The division will be led by Adam Heaysman, who joins Alpha from Raiffeisen Bank
11 May 2023
More than half of GPs anticipate increase in tech budget
New survey findings reveal that 51% of emerging GPs expect larger IT spends during the coming year
10 May 2023
Indos Financial appoints CEO
Abi Holland is promoted to CEO from head of client relationship management
10 May 2023
Help your LP help you
As regulatory and economic perspectives on capital allocation diverge, LPs’ expectations towards their GPs are changing
9 May 2023
TMF Group partners with Holland Mountain’s ATLAS
TMF’s fund services practice will integrate the data platform to enhance client reporting offering
5 May 2023
A&M’s Taxand team makes senior hire
Rhys Owen joins Alvarez & Marsal’s fund taxation practice from EY
5 May 2023
Intapp acquires Paragon Data Labs
The platform aims to accelerate compliance disclosure workflows
4 May 2023
Hamilton Lane tokenises evergreen senior credit fund
Feeder fund is available on Securitize platform via Polygon blockchain
4 May 2023
Chronograph adds two to board
Ben Harrison of DealCloud and Intapp aims to help accelerate growth
3 May 2023
Jersey widens AML/CFT scope
Jersey private entities with a local administrator no longer exempt from regime
2 May 2023
Pitchbook incorporates LCD research
The integration will allow platform users to access analysis on leveraged loans, bonds, CLOs and private credit
2 May 2023
Up close and personal
FCA and HM Treasury take a deep dive into the effectiveness of SMCR so far; we explore what’s included in the consultation papers and what might be up for reform
2 May 2023
Growing pains
The fund administration sector is in a state of flux as it journeys towards professionalisation. Key challenges around consolidation, integration, talent and tech all need to be addressed to find a level of sustainability
27 April 2023
Goji appoints operations director
Clémence Chorlay joins from fintech platform Moonfare
27 April 2023
AiFlow secures seed round investment
AI platform aims to reduce the need for analysts in competitor market research
25 April 2023
Valutico launches ESG valuation platform
ValutECO aims to integrate ESG considerations into the valuation process
25 April 2023
No (private) client left behind
Fuel Venture Capital aims to make VC accessible to private clients with its new fund structure
24 April 2023
Not on the guestlist
A connection to public entities could see the EU's new Foreign Subsidies Regulation crash the dealmaking party
20 April 2023
Is retailisation a misnomer?
Many hurdles remain around expanding private funds to the retail investor. We unpicked the main concerns raised by GPs and what the current definition of ‘retailisation’ actually means
18 April 2023
Dasseti launches RFP platform
Dasseti Engage automates RFP and DDQ processes through natural language processing and AI
14 April 2023
Comment: Welcome to the altverse
Rafay, Farooqui, founder and CEO of +SUBSCRIBE, outlines the need for a novel private markets' digital tech stack to replace fragmented, manual and paper-based workflows of the past
12 April 2023
Coller completes GP-stake sale
Hunter Point Capital has acquired a minority stake in the secondaries house
12 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Dan Costa, ICG
Dan is implementing digitalisation and automation across the firm's departments
11 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Lucas Root, Innova
Focuses on scaling the team and company, implementing foundational processes and tools
7 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Stewart White, Big Society Capital
White manages IT projects and infrastructure, and new technologies
6 April 2023
The cost of continuation
GP-leds’ popularity is resulting in lower management fees and carry while secondaries investors require sponsors to increase their commitments
6 April 2023
Chronograph hires four
Appointments include Abbas Khan as product owner for data extraction and Daniel Gruppo as client development manager
6 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Gilad Amir, Pollen Street Capital
Amir and his team are hoping to use data analytics to improve operational efficiency
6 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Matt Guy, Hermes GPE
Guy is currently implementing a private markets data platform and a calculation engine
5 April 2023
Goodwin teams up with Passthrough
Partnership aims to improve investor onboarding process
5 April 2023
Canoe hires five
The appointments include VP of data strategy, VP of enterprise architecture & scalability, and VP of finance
5 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Niall O’Toole, InfraRed Capital Partners
O'Toole has worked on the implementation of the firm's ERP system
5 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Simon Bowley, 17Capital
A key achievement of his is helping to move the business away from reliance on Excel
4 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Tricia Mackechnie, HarbourVest
Mackechnie developed the firm's technology strategy and implementation roadmap
4 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: A Gabriel Durai, Actis
Gabriel has 28 years of experience in the IT industry
3 April 2023
Lloyds Bank appoints head of financial sponsors syndicate
William A. Lamain joins from Raiffeisen Bank
3 April 2023
ESMA publishes product governance guidelines
The requirements are akin to the FCA’s Consumer Duty but are not legally binding
3 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Griff Norville, Hamilton Lane
Norville elaborates on his transition from consulting to data roles
31 March 2023
Climate vs competition: A balancing act
In relatively new territory, GPs must juggle climate-based agreements with competition law risks
31 March 2023
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