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ERM and Greenomy join forces

The sustainability consultancy aims to incorporate Greenomy’s ESG reporting services

Lionpoint launches treasury practice

Former head of operations at KKR Danny Olds will lead the practice

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

Vector updates fund accounting tool

The fund administrator has incorporated a GP and LP portal into Valence

Altvia continues partnership with Passthrough

Companies launch tool that integrates a CRM with an LP onboarding solution

What the AI?!...Equipped.ai

CEO of Equipped.ai Ed Green shares how the firm is making operations smoother with automation

MSCI acquires Burgiss

MSCI will purchase the remaining 66% of the data provider

Inveniam launches Inveniam AI

The Miami-based division is developing automated blockchain-enabled data interpretation tools for private markets

PitchBook expands LCD research

The data provider has added LCD Credit News and Debt Deal Data into its platform

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

Socium Fund Services partners with Broadridge

Socium will incorporate Broadridge’s Sentry tool to improve its debt fund administration services

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

The Drawdown Awards winners: 73 Strings

The Drawdown speaks to Yann Magnan, CEO and co-founder of 73 Strings, winner in the Technology: Innovation category at The Drawdown Awards 2023

Canoe partners with Lionpoint

The partnership will combine operational and technological solutions with consulting services

73 Strings secures $10m

The funding aims to help expand the provider’s global presence and develop its product offering

Lantern launches with portfolio monitoring platform

Data platform will assist GPs with decision making by providing data analytics, visualisation tech and portfolio monitoring

Accelex launches data extraction solution

The product aims to extract data from private debt and securities structures for LPs and asset servicers

GoldenSource partners with Snowflake

The partnership aims to make use of Snowflake’s cloud data platform

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

Brownloop and Chronograph form strategic partnership

Brownloop and Chronograph will provide clients with a joint suite of tools and services

Quantium opens London office

The European base will be led by Anahita Beigui

Novata expands ESG benchmarking offering

The service will encompass 50 universal and more than 200 sector-specific benchmarks

What the AI?! Accelex

How is AI transforming data extraction and analytics? We spoke to Accelex’s chief product officer Nicole Weder, and product director Boris Lavrov, to find out more

The Drawdown Awards 2023: Winners announced

Congratulations to all of the winners of The Drawdown Awards 2023

IQ-EQ partners with Novata

The partnership aims to incorporate Novata’s ESG data solution into IQ-EQ’s existing services

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

Accelex launches portfolio analytics platform

The platform aims to provide visibility and automated data analysis on portfolio funds, commitments and underlying assets

SFDR comPAIrisons

Clarity AI analysed differences in performance and strategies of 27,000 Article 6, 8 and 9 funds

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

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

In the name of science: how to set your emissions targets

Questions are arising about the various methodologies used to create net-zero targets

Cority acquires Greenstone

Greenstone will form part of Cority’s sustainability cloud offering

Chronograph adds two to board

Ben Harrison of DealCloud and Intapp aims to help accelerate growth

The challengers

Charting the rise of the new fund admin kids on the block, looking to break the mould

Canoe opens London office

Firm aims to complement its US offerings with the new office

Pitchbook incorporates LCD research

The integration will allow platform users to access analysis on leveraged loans, bonds, CLOs and private credit

AiFlow secures seed round investment

AI platform aims to reduce the need for analysts in competitor market research

Valutico launches ESG valuation platform

ValutECO aims to integrate ESG considerations into the valuation process

Bloomberg partners with Burgiss

Partnership intended to provide custom reporting and increased comparability of funds

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

Comment: Empowering the middle office

Patrycja Dos Santos, middle office specialist at AssetMetrix, shares her thoughts on the need for a full middle office services platform and current trends towards tech-enabled solutions

TECHWORK 23: Philippe Laval, Jolt Capital

Philippe is the engineer behind the firm's deal-sourcing software 'Ninja'

TECHWORK 23: Christian Schumer, ICG

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

Alkymi adopts GPT

The data services company’s Data Acceleration Platform is now powered by GPT

TECHWORK 23: Robert Sciaraffo, The Riverside Company

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

TECHWORK 23: Simon Munday, Bregal Investments

Simon is passionate about data visualisation

Chronograph hires four

Appointments include Abbas Khan as product owner for data extraction and Daniel Gruppo as client development manager

Atlas Metrics secures €5.2m

The funding aims to develop the ESG platform

GoldenSource launches investment book of record

The additional functionality was created in partnership with MAIA Technology

TMF Group acquires PartnersAdmin

Fund admin aims to expand presence in North America

The real retail deal?

We speak to Michel Degosciu, managing director and co-founder of LPX AG, to understand the index he has created, which enables everyday individuals to invest in private markets

Profile: Fabio Ranghino, Ambienta

Fabio Ranghino, head of sustainability, shares his thoughts on how financial value can be aligned with impact investing

Apex acquires Efficient Group

Apex aims to expand its footprint in South Africa

Apexanalytix acquires ESG Enterprise

The acquisition enhances ESG Enterprise’s capabilities while expanding its offering to a wider client base