Fundraising & fund structuring
18 March 2024
5 minutes with… Will Roxburgh, Khepri
The managing partner talks MJ Hudson management buyout origins, the market consolidation in fund administration and its consequences for the rise of boutique firms
18 March 2024
S&P makes CapIQ Pro updates
Users of the platform can now access an advisory and underwriting page, among several other performance enhancements
14 March 2024
Hazeltree adds remote access to treasury platform
Other product updates include the addition of a mobile transaction approver application
13 March 2024
Rede Partners appoints head of strategic capital advisory
Riccardo Villa will lead the advisory’s alternative liquidity solutions services
13 March 2024
Canoe Asset Data launches
The product, which is accompanied by its own app, allows users to extract and view asset-level data
12 March 2024
European Commission rejects ESMA’s ELTIF 2.0 draft RTS
Liquidity mechanisms have been revised to make it easier to set up evergreen funds and to better attract individual investors to private markets, but the proposals still divide the investment community
12 March 2024
Stake a chance on… Scarcity Partners
The firm uses an evergreen structure to slow-cook emerging managers in a land down under
7 March 2024
FCA increases AML oversight
Recipients of the regulator’s recent Dear CEO letter have six months to perform a gap analysis
6 March 2024
Atlas Metrics partners with Bunch
The partnership combines Bunch's investor portal with Atlas Metric's ESG reporting platform
4 March 2024
Kroll launches two fraud solution tools
Risk Analytics Monitor and Managed Compliance Software use data analytics and AI technology to help automate risk management workflows
4 March 2024
Investec expands GP advisory practice
Asante Capital’s Oliver Altendorf, Harbourvest’s Christoph Schwarz and Credit Suisse’s Emilia Korobowicz join advisory lead Stefano Manna
1 March 2024
Amicorp FS launches LP onboarding platform
The cloud-based system AMI-GO enhances the document verification process
1 March 2024
Bischoff succeeds Peel as head of finance at Travers Smith
Charles Bischoff (left) has been a partner since 2012; Peel (right) to remain at the firm and continue to ‘play a significant role’ in the practice
29 February 2024
5 minutes with… Joanne McEnteggart, IQ-EQ
The global head of debt, capital markets and corporate at IQ-EQ talks about private debt challenges, prioritising talent and Ireland’s prospects as a fund domicile
29 February 2024
Tyrannosaurus Regs?
How are global regulators scrutinising AML procedures and is that oversight increasing?
26 February 2024
ELTIF 2.0 – A case study
How Moonfare provides liquidity to its investors via an auction process instead of redemptions
26 February 2024
Economic symptoms of longevity
Addleshaw Goddard’s latest Funds Trends Report showcases the effects of longer fundraising and investing periods on the economics of the GP-LP relationship
23 February 2024
Intapp makes advancements in generative AI
The cloud-based software solution has released a generative AI-enabled package of features designed to help deal teams with automating the processing of unstructured data
22 February 2024
Comment: What you need to know about ELTIF 2.0
Karma Samdup and Vicki Odette, partners at Haynes & Boone, examine how ELTIF 2.0 aims to unlock private market access for retail investors
22 February 2024
Next stop – carried interest
Liquidity event delays are having an effect on waterfall calculation models
21 February 2024
LISTEN: Top of the ops: Is the grass evergreener?
A conversation with Eurazeo's Luc Maruenda on setting up evergreen fund structures
21 February 2024
S&P acquires Visible Alpha
Company aims to bolster Capital IQ offering as it explores opportunities in wealth management services
20 February 2024
A&M partners with Pactio
Partnership enhances the firm’s M&A tax advisory services with Pactio’s transaction structuring automation tools
20 February 2024
Trinity Communications launches
Charles Clarke founded the public relations agency for asset managers and investors to help GPs grow and retain their assets in a tough fundraising environment
20 February 2024
LemonEdge partners with ROYC
The partnership aims to enhance ROYC’s management of closed-, open-ended and hybrid funds
16 February 2024
Ely Place Partners appoints head of research
Gareth Morgan co-founded the firm’s Prospect Private Markets business line
16 February 2024
ILPA appoints inaugural general counsel
Appointment comes amid association’s legal battle with PE trade bodies regarding preferential treatment under SEC’s Private Fund Rules
13 February 2024
Jolt sells minority stake to Armen
GP stakes investor to support Jolt with continued development of deeptech platform and geographical expansion
12 February 2024
Qashqade and Entrilia integrate
Qashqade waterfall calculations can run through Entrilia's fund accounting platform
12 February 2024
Carta and Merge combine
The partnership aims to enhance equity management processes
12 February 2024
Borne but not raised
A tight fundraising and deal-doing environment has GPs pondering how to structure aborted deal costs
12 February 2024
General Atlantic takes minority stake in Partners Capital
Transaction is a bid to support firm with managing succession
12 February 2024
Ogier expands Luxembourg fund finance team
Delphine Gomes is a banking and finance counsel with experience in fund, leveraged and real estate financing
8 February 2024
ESG: The fund-of-funds perspective
Once removed from the underlying portfolio, this type of LP is focused on private equity’s journey rather than instant compliance
8 February 2024
Column: Youth appeal
The Riverside Company's chief sustainability officer Dörte Höppner examines the crucial role of sustainable investing for younger investors
7 February 2024
Palmer launches in Madrid
Fund administrator led by ex-Sanne execs expands its European presence
7 February 2024
Ocorian acquires Bovill
Fund administrator adds regulatory consultancy firm into its compliance offering
7 February 2024
Moonfare launches ELTIF 2.0 strategy
Company targets buyout and growth funds as well as co-investments
7 February 2024
Comment: Court controversy
Matthew Pincus, international counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton, warns that a recent court decision increases risk for non-US funds active in the US
6 February 2024
Deloitte partners with Workiva and Informatica
The collaboration integrates AI data management and cloud-based reporting into the advisory’s ESG compliance services
6 February 2024
LeadingMile partners with Qashqade
The partnership aims to increase European GP access to automated waterfall calculations and cap-table monitoring
5 February 2024
What the AI?!... Tamarix Technologies
Founder of the data and analytics platform for LPs, Andrea Carnelli Dompé, discusses managing confidential information and AI hallucinations
5 February 2024
Sweet sorrow
The alluring attraction of semi-liquid strategies brings with it a cautionary tale of liquidity (mis)management
2 February 2024
Robin AI launches contract defined-term checker
The additional feature means contract terms can be automatically verified and located within a document
2 February 2024
Apheon promotes seven
John Mansvelt is now COO as Loïc Cerfontaine succeeds him as CFO
2 February 2024
Dasseti and Clarity AI team up on sustainability
Partnership to enable Dasseti’s clients to benchmark ESG performance
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
LISTEN: Top of the ops: Operational utopia
The Drawdown team tackles the concept of a PE firm that entirely outsources the investment function
1 February 2024
Stake a chance on… Azimut
Giorgio Medda of Azimut Holding explains why it moved into the GP stakes business and what sets it apart from its competitors
31 January 2024
ATOZ Services swallows up Fund Solutions
Corporate and tax services provider aims to build out its fund admin capabilities
30 January 2024
Partners Group appoints CFO
Joris Gröflin joins from Swiss renewable energy producer Axpo Group
30 January 2024
Financial Policy Committee outlines systemic risks in private credit
More regulatory scrutiny is expected to be placed on valuations, risk management, liquidity and leverage mechanisms to monitor systemic risks in private credit
29 January 2024
Stake a chance on… New Catalyst Strategic Partners
Jason Howard’s freshly hatched firm, backed by Apollo, aims to support emerging managers, among others
29 January 2024
Ocorian partners up
Recently announced partnerships include those with ESG reporting solution Treety and investor onboarding platform Goji
29 January 2024
IPEM: Cash and carry
Anxieties about capital and compensation were not far from the surface at the latest IPEM event in Cannes
29 January 2024
5 minutes with… Kate Pljaskovova, founder of Fair HQ
The digital D&I tool aims to assist GPs to develop in-house and portfolio company HR strategies through scientific research and industry benchmarks
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