ODD / DDQ
29 March 2021
5 minutes with… Simon Thornton, PEARonline
Simon Thornton, founder of private equity investor portal and fundraising data room PEARonline discusses the company’s origins, the importance of secure data transmission and upgrade plans
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
3 February 2021
Remote working impeding training
EY’s latest CFO survey found 76% of respondents believe the biggest risk to their firms caused by WFH is an inability to train employees quickly
17 January 2021
ILPA publishes model NDA
The template aims to streamline due diligence access for LPs and GPs
11 January 2021
The ESG tech wave
From static and infrequent DDQs to real-time, performance linked, fully integrated improvements; ESG is fast-becoming a tech play
16 December 2020
LISTEN: InCloudCounsel’s Pospisil on the future
Troy Pospisil explores how the regulatory landscape for private capital funds is evolving, how investor demands are changing and how InCloudCounsel’s offerings aim to support these developments
14 December 2020
Class of 2020
A cross-section of industry practitioners share their greatest lessons of this year
9 December 2020
LISTEN: InCloudCounsel’s Pospisil on document abstraction
Alice Murray talks to Troy Pospisil, founder and CEO of InCloudCounsel about what it is, how it works and how it supports private equity legal teams, as well as the wider organization.
19 November 2020
IR at breaking point
Can the increased GP/LP communications that took place in response to the crisis continue indefinitely, and does it need to?
13 October 2020
WATCH: No place like home: finding the right fund domicile
Predictability, reliability and quality are key components, according to our expert panel
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
30 July 2020
LISTEN: RFA’s George Ralph on data pt3
Our third and final instalment of The Drawdown’s conversation with RFA’s George Ralph looks as LP expectations when it comes to data management and ways to boost transparency.
23 July 2020
Steadying the ship
Can a solid operating platform provide much needed certainty in an increasingly uncertain world?
15 June 2020
Comment: Considerations for hiring tax talent
As the importance of having internal tax resources grows, what needs to be considered when hiring this type of talent?
18 May 2020
ODD times
Later stage operational due diligence appears to be pushing through to legals, but more broadly, these exercises will likely be permanently impacted by the crisis
6 April 2020
The operating committee
A number of large private equity houses are setting up operating committees in response to the major tasks now faced by non-deal team members
16 January 2020
ODD to boost focus on data compliance
Increased use of large data sets to generate alpha is driving increased operational due diligence in how funds manage information
8 November 2019
Fund structures are so last season
As new waves of regulation continue to hit private equity, managers are quietly shifting to the peaceful waters of deal-by-deal investing
8 November 2019
Time to bite back
For too long operational leaders have been yes men, it's high time they became key men
19 July 2018
AnaCap’s Edwards on proprietary technology
Second instalment of our discussion with AnaCap COO Michael Edwards explores development of intelligence platform