Recruitment
25 May 2023
Top CFO priority: Talent retention
Survey finds talent attraction and retention to be the key objective, after asset growth
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
20 March 2023
Role call: head of talent
More importance is being placed on the role of chief talent officer and the value it can bring. What competitive edge does it provide?
10 March 2023
Golding hires COO
Firm expands senior management team to include Dorothea Sztopko in new COO role
8 March 2023
Embrace (private) equity
This International Women’s Day, the theme is ‘embrace equity’. We spoke to Jacqueline Taiwo, co-founder of Black Women in Asset Management, to understand her firm’s impact
7 March 2023
LPs recalibrating risk appetite
Adams Street Partners’ 2023 Global Investor Survey highlights increasing LP scrutiny and an increased demand for private credit opportunities
6 March 2023
PE playing catchup when streamlining operational processes
Intertrust’s new research highlights GPs’ desire to combat operational weaknesses amid changing LP demands
6 March 2023
Intern-al culture
Adam Black, partner and head of ESG and sustainability at Coller Capital, details the importance of ESG interns in creating a good culture
3 March 2023
Morgan Lewis opens second Germany office
The office will be launched by three partners – Florian Harder, Florian Ziegler and Jann Jetter
17 February 2023
Katten launches ESG risk and investigations practice
India D Williams joins firm as practice co-chair with partner Johnjerica Hodge
25 January 2023
Diversity and inclusion executive search firm launches
Follett Parker aims to help women fill senior roles within private equity
16 January 2023
Deal breakers
A guide for hiring managers and female candidates when striving to fill senior-level positions
16 January 2023
PE’s got IT-alent
As PE is increasingly becoming data- and software-driven, it is struggling to source the talent equipped to leverage new technologies. How can GPs incentivise tech talent to come onboard?
5 January 2023
Pinsent’s Bowen joins K&L to launch Dublin office
Gayle Bowen is joined by Shane Geraghty and Michelle Lloyd as founding partners
13 December 2022
PE short on tech talent
The gap is particularly wide in automation and cybersecurity, according to a new survey
8 December 2022
The great talent depression
Natalia Ramsden of Sofos Associates believes private equity firms can be doing much more to better understand, and therefore attract fresh talent
29 November 2022
Female leaders in PE outearning male counterparts
According to new compensation figures, the lack of female leadership at PE firms has heightened demand, and therefore boosted pay
25 November 2022
Oak Group makes two appointments
Oak has hired Belinda Ridout as director of client accounting and Hannah Crocker as company secretary
7 November 2022
Boyden UK hires private equity partners
Siwan Jones specialises in executive search and James Hunt focuses on interim management
4 November 2022
MJ Hudson expands ESG & Sustainability business to Spain
The company has incorporated a Spanish ESG consulting firm in its development overseas
27 October 2022
Drawbridge appoints new CEO
William Haney assumes role as former CEO, Jason Elmer, is appointed President
3 October 2022
5 minutes with… Sita Kolossa, CEO of Nordbridge
We caught up with CEO and founder of Nordbridge, Sita Kolossa, to find out her drivers for establishing the executive search firm and her take on the evolution of PE recruitment over the past decade
6 September 2022
Hazeltree opens fintech engineering centre in Bournemouth
The centre will be staffed by software developers, product managers and owners, DevOps and client services tasked with designing, building, and onboarding new clients
5 September 2022
Daring to be different
Having enjoyed several years of stellar growth, have Asian fund managers done enough to ensure their firms are operating in a robust enough manner to weather the gathering global macroeconomic storm?
30 August 2022
TDA 2022: Technology Professional of the Year: Christopher Conradi, FSN Capital
Conradi explains what enabled him to achieve a number of goals in 2021, which led the judges to describe him as difficult to rival in PE
26 August 2022
TDA 2022: HR & Talent Professional of the Year: Mandi Akali, Capital Dynamics
Akali discusses her proudest achievements and increased push on D&I which impressed the judges
25 August 2022
TDA 2022 Recruitment: Finance & Operations winner: PER
Dean Terry (head of HR & legal) and Harry Gwynne (head of finance & tax) at PER reflect on the firm's impressive 428 placements in the last 18 months
25 July 2022
Profile: Laura Howes, Key Capital Partners
The finance & operations director discusses her move from origination to finance and ops, challenges in her new position, as well as her involvement with the firm’s tech stack
22 June 2022
Gen Z call for PE to boost ESG credentials
Private equity firms should better highlight their ESG credentials if they want to secure the next generation of top talent within a fiercely competitive candidate market, new research finds.
16 June 2022
Profile: Laurent Marvy, PAI Partners
The head of HR discusses the key differences of HR & talent across the globe, PAI’s HR set up and advice for firms wanting to maintain culture in a hybrid environment
26 May 2022
PE firms must educate non-traditional recruits to secure talent
The industry must educate individuals about how their firm operates in order to enable recruitment from non-traditional backgrounds
9 May 2022
City Hive launches D&I reporting framework
The new framework aims to assess company culture in a bid to prevent greenwashing diversity
9 May 2022
And the nominees are…
SyndicateRoom’s Graham Schwikkard recounts his journey from COO to CEO by bringing the firm’s tech function from Portugal to the UK, leading to the creation of a bespoke nominee platform to run its EIS fund
12 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Victor Davies, Bregal Investments
“We want to build in more automation and use data in a more intelligent way to make decisions, across our IT and investment teams.”
1 April 2022
“Every PE firm should have a CTO” - Jolt Capital
The need for PE firms to have a CTO is becoming increasingly important, and could become key to a firm's survival
21 March 2022
The DEI is cast
Riverside Europe's Dörte Höppner gets under the skin of private equity's diversity, equity and inclusion problem
17 March 2022
Team recharge
Following two years of continued disruption to routines and ways of working, private equity professionals are facing an ongoing feeling of fatigue. As we move into hybrid models, what are firms across the globe doing to re-energise their employees?
14 March 2022
Ares, BlackRock among new BWAM partners
Helios, JP Morgan AM, M&G, Maniyar Capital, Morningstar and State Street Global Advisors also join BWAM as industry partners
10 March 2022
Profile: Devin Glenn, Blackstone
The managing director, global head of diversity, equity & inclusion discusses how Blackstone collects and measures DEI metrics, where DEI sits within the firm and what she's achieved so far
8 March 2022
PE & VC firms failing to meet industry EDI standards
Equality Group’s latest D&I index ranked Advent International in first place for the second year in a row, with a top score of 65%
7 March 2022
5 minutes with… Monel Amin, DiligenceVault
“One of the biggest friction points we see is the lack of standardisation. Diligence standards have emerged, but adoption remains sub-scale.”
28 February 2022
Profile: Richard Drover, Apis Partners
The CFO discusses his responsibilities outside the finance function, his 100-day plan of action to improve and enhance Apis' processes as well as the challenges of joining a new firm
25 February 2022
Finance function seeks tech talent
Intertrust’s latest survey found most CFOs expect to hire professionals with this skill set over the next three years
23 February 2022
CFOs: cost and resource constraints prevent ESG integration
Intertrust’s latest survey found this to be the biggest obstacle CFOs face when integrating ESG into their investment processes
17 February 2022
Profile: James Harper, Apposite Capital
The CFO discusses why he has taken over the IR function, what processes and frameworks he's put in place since joining, as well as how the firm's bespoke DD for ESG differs from their peers
14 February 2022
5 minutes with… Mark Coppin, Standish Management UK
“It’s not just about having a relationship manager, it’s about knowing the intricacies of each other's preferences, styles and ways of working, to get the best experience and standard of service possible.”
7 February 2022
PRI: DEI is more than just gender and diversity
According to PRI, LPs have a vital role in affecting systemic change on DEI issues, not only within their own organisations but also wider society
31 January 2022
Hybrid work models are here to stay
EY’s latest report found the majority of GPs expect hybrid models to be a permanent fixture for the future
24 January 2022
Profile: Bart Elema, Waterland Private Equity
The partner, CFO & risk officer discusses how his role and responsibilities have evolved over nearly two decades, why Waterland domiciles its funds in the Netherlands, as well as securing the firm's first ESG equity bridge facility
10 January 2022
Operational forecast for 2022
We take a look at Alpha FMC’s predictions for PE operations this year, as well as individual forecasts for CFOs, COOs, CTOs, CDOs and heads of compliance
21 December 2021
Deep dive collection
Selection of The Drawdown’s extended analysis features from 2021
15 November 2021
5 minutes with… Stephen Millard, Included VC
“If organisations do not have high permission, high trust or are not open and conscious to allowing their employees to be their true selves, nothing will change.”
15 November 2021
Private equity’s great resignation
PE practitioners are on the move; is the industry's slow start around diversity and inclusion coming back to haunt it?
6 October 2021
UK male managing partners earn €200k more than female counterparts
UK male managing partners earn €774.30k on average, while UK female managing partners earn €545.83k
5 October 2021
Two-thirds of ethnic minority financial services employees experience discrimination
“There is more work for all of us, and the problems and challenges that remain will only be solved if we address them collectively. This must have everyone’s attention.” -- Joerg Ambrosius
19 August 2021
Livingbridge’s Conway joins Crowe
Jono Clare has been named as the GP's new head of tax
12 August 2021
Comment: The first time
Khuram Bajwa of OneTen Associates discusses real life examples of hiring a CFO for the first time
5 August 2021
The evolution of HR
Attracting talent in an increasingly competitive landscape, nurturing and developing teams, navigating the post-Covid landscape - today's HR and talent practitioners have plenty on their plates
13 July 2021
FCA, PRA & BoE outline D&I initiatives
“Regulators and industry need to work together to increase diversity at senior levels and ensure the UK’s financial services firms are best equipped to serve the economy”