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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

Spaulding Ridge expands tech offering

Company launches tool to optimise technology implementation and speed up revenue operations

Gottschalg Analytics powers up

Company aims to provide performance intelligence services via proprietary algorithms

The conversation: Are you prepared? Liquidity strategies in a turbulent market

The Drawdown hosted a webinar to discuss how managers can respond to liquidity and risk management challenges that have been thrown into sharp focus in recent weeks

Former Sanne execs set up new fund admin business

Ex-Sanne senior leaders have launched Palmer Street, with £8m backing from Marwyn Value Investors

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

Accelex launches portfolio analytics platform

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

Comment: Does SFDR encourage greenwashing?

Pinsent Masons financial services partner Mark Shaw asks the awkward question

SFDR comPAIrisons

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

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

Robin AI launches Copilot

Legal chatbot aims to automate legal contract drafting

IIGCC publishes PE net-zero guidance

The industry-specific guidance aims to support GPs and LPs to achieve Paris-aligned net-zero objectives

Harbourvest appoints head of client operations

Javier Rodriguez will manage the integration of the firm’s client experience, investment accounting, treasury, portfolio analytics and performance measurement teams

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

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

Double standards?

We get to grips with what the International Valuations Standards Council has to offer the PE industry, and how it interacts with industry body IPEV

Cority acquires Greenstone

Greenstone will form part of Cority’s sustainability cloud offering

The challengers

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

Pitchbook incorporates LCD research

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

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

Dasseti launches RFP platform

Dasseti Engage automates RFP and DDQ processes through natural language processing and AI

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

Cutting edge through technology

Majority of LPs want their GPs to invest more in technology to cut costs

TECHWORK 23: Christian Schumer, ICG

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

SimCorp partners with Matter

Partnership aims to assist investors with aligning their portfolios to the UN’s SDGs

Alkymi adopts GPT

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

Riveron launches automated reporting solution

Tool aims to assist with data integration and reporting from portfolio companies

Arcesium launches data management platform

Company aims to assist firms with data integration, validation, analytics and reporting

Finding the breach

Compliance and financial statements constitute most commonly breached warranties on operational M&A deals

Chronograph hires four

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

AXA launches climate risk assessment functionality

Feature should support GPs with assessing climate, carbon and nature related risks at fund and portfolio level

Atlas Metrics secures €5.2m

The funding aims to develop the ESG platform

Profile: Brian Mason, BC Partners

The head of technology discusses the human side of tech and its role in decision making

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

WATCH: Liquidity strategies in a high interest rate environment

Our recent webinar discussion, exploring liquidity management and counterparty risk

CSSF updates SFDR FAQ

Luxembourg regulator adds three new questions to help clarify SFDR

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

PE playing catchup when streamlining operational processes

Intertrust’s new research highlights GPs’ desire to combat operational weaknesses amid changing LP demands

YFM appoints head of portfolio reporting

Raj Singh Pharhani joins from BGF

5 minutes with… Steven Petersen, co-founder of Stavtar Solutions

The Drawdown gets to grips with the ‘universe of software solutions’ Stavtar offers to complex businesses

Formidium launches Razor State Consulting

The launch aims to support fund managers with accounting and operational solutions

Altum appoints group chair

Baroness Helena Morrissey has campaigned for diversity and inclusion throughout her career

Rise of the robot lawyer

Robin AI secures $10.5m and partners with Anthropic to develop legal chatbot capabilities

FCA addresses sustainability regulations ‘alphabet soup’

Regulator requests feedback on sustainability-related governance to help reform industry obligations

VC cap table complexity

For late-stage venture investors, creating and maintaining cap tables to ascertain a true understanding of what the fund ownership is, is a major challenge

Key ESG partners with EDCI

Software provider launches API integration with benchmark initiative

AMF calls for more stringent SFDR regulations

French financial watchdog proposes the introduction of minimal environmental requirements

Canoe sets sail with $25m investment

Fintech aims to further European expansion

PRI updates reporting framework

Following signatory feedback, changes aim to reduce duplication while increasing alignment with other private market modules and external regulatory standards

The conversation: True outsourcing?

At a recent Breakfast Briefing event held in London, a panel of experts discussed the realities of co-sourcing, and asked if the approach really can allow CFOs to control their data

Colmore launches HELIOS update

Features include individual investment analytics, increased customisation and performance benchmarking

Citco partners with Fenergo

Citco to integrate Fenergo’s client lifecycle management platform

G for granularity

KEY ESG’s latest report suggests ESG reporting requires collection of more granular data

Valutico closes first financing round

The valuations platform has secured investment from outside investors, including PUSH Ventures, aws Gründerfonds and Erste Group

Crestbridge appoints senior risk and compliance officer

Marie Morris joins from Butterfield Bank to assume the roles of director and money laundering compliance officer

Core opens for business

The company offers a range of fund administration services for GPs based in Guernsey