Reporting software
27 September 2023
What the AI?!... Montagu
Partner Daniel Fischer believes there are AI opportunities to be developed in risk management workflows
22 September 2023
ERM and Greenomy join forces
The sustainability consultancy aims to incorporate Greenomy’s ESG reporting services
21 September 2023
Lionpoint launches treasury practice
Former head of operations at KKR Danny Olds will lead the practice
18 September 2023
Amicorp launches ESG reporting and rating service
The new service includes audited ESG reports, analysis, business planning and policy implementation
13 September 2023
GPs find brand perception key reason for ESG reporting
A survey conducted by Oliver Wyman and Novata highlights challenges for measuring ESG financial impact
12 September 2023
Tikehau invests in Anthesis
Tikehau shares ownership of the ESG consultancy with Carlyle, Palatine and Anthesis employee shareholders
12 September 2023
Citco’s platform available to private credit funds
Company opens up its Collaboration Platform to private credit and real assets
11 September 2023
Altvia continues partnership with Passthrough
Companies launch tool that integrates a CRM with an LP onboarding solution
11 September 2023
Accelex and Finarch partner up on operational efficiency
Partnership aims to assist firms with processes around portfolio monitoring, performance analytics, compliance management and data integration
11 September 2023
What the AI?!...Equipped.ai
CEO of Equipped.ai Ed Green shares how the firm is making operations smoother with automation
30 August 2023
Same soup just reheated
LPs’ operational priorities are unchanged in 2023 and include automation, understanding new investment structures and creating workflow efficiencies, Dynamo Software survey finds
30 August 2023
MSCI expands partnership with Google
Companies to provide generative AI offering for portfolio and risk management, including climate risk
30 August 2023
Clarity AI and SimCorp team up on sustainability
Partnership aims to allow clients to report on UN’s sustainable development goals through customised scores based on intended sustainability outcomes
24 August 2023
BuildESG updates BuildRI software
In an expansion of functionality, lenders to gain visibility into GPs’ responsible investment and ESG processes
17 August 2023
Petra Funds joins forces with Novata
Partnership aims to support with collection, analysis and reporting of ESG data
14 August 2023
Venn adds report solution to portfolio analytics platform
Report Lab will enable Venn’s clients to produce client-ready reports and proposals
10 August 2023
Inveniam launches Inveniam AI
The Miami-based division is developing automated blockchain-enabled data interpretation tools for private markets
7 August 2023
PitchBook expands LCD research
The data provider has added LCD Credit News and Debt Deal Data into its platform
7 August 2023
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
3 August 2023
5 min with… Marcus P. Höfer, base camp management consulting
In conversation with The Drawdown, the CEO explains what the firm’s philosophy of ‘being a sparring partner to the CFO office’ means in practice and talks about industry trends.
27 July 2023
Socium Fund Services partners with Broadridge
Socium will incorporate Broadridge’s Sentry tool to improve its debt fund administration services
26 July 2023
Clearwater launches GPT tool
Available from the second half of 2023, the offering should allow clients to benchmark their portfolios against peers with similar AUM sizes and investment strategies
26 July 2023
Quality control
CDP’s latest report analyses how a unified global regulatory approach can foster better ESG ratings and data products
24 July 2023
What the AI?!... Amadeus Capital Partners
We speak to Amelia Armour, partner in the early-stage fund, to understand AI’s strengths and limitations in applications at VC funds
24 July 2023
The Drawdown Awards winners: Matt Guy
Matt Guy, associate director at Federated Hermes Private Markets, was named Rising Star of the Year at The Drawdown Awards 2023
24 July 2023
Iceberg Data Lab launches Barbatus
The tool uses generative AI to produce ESG data analysis
18 July 2023
Apex signs strategic partnership with Flow
The fund administrator’s clients will have access to Flow’s investor lifecycle management platform
18 July 2023
Worldfavor partners with Northpeak
The collaboration will combine Worldfavor’s sustainability data platform with Northpeak’s ESG consultancy services
13 July 2023
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
12 July 2023
Passthrough teams up with STP
Partnership aims to support entire investor lifecycle and enhance operational efficiency
12 July 2023
Canoe partners with Lionpoint
The partnership will combine operational and technological solutions with consulting services
12 July 2023
73 Strings secures $10m
The funding aims to help expand the provider’s global presence and develop its product offering
10 July 2023
Lantern launches with portfolio monitoring platform
Data platform will assist GPs with decision making by providing data analytics, visualisation tech and portfolio monitoring
3 July 2023
Accelex launches data extraction solution
The product aims to extract data from private debt and securities structures for LPs and asset servicers
29 June 2023
InvestorFlow enters European market with new London office
Former BlackRock vice-president Richard Davies to lead the company’s European operations
27 June 2023
GoldenSource partners with Snowflake
The partnership aims to make use of Snowflake’s cloud data platform
26 June 2023
Comment: Decision delegation
Hamish Paget-Brown, associate at ECI Partners , explores the potential of AI to lead decision making in the private equity market.
20 June 2023
ACA launches portfolio management solution
Managed Performance Services aims to assist fund managers with performance measurement and reporting features
19 June 2023
Brownloop and Chronograph form strategic partnership
Brownloop and Chronograph will provide clients with a joint suite of tools and services
16 June 2023
LP reporting requests the biggest obstruction for PE GPs
Frequent reporting and ad hoc requests from LPs are the biggest obstruction to operations for private equity GPs, according to a new survey.
13 June 2023
Novata expands ESG benchmarking offering
The service will encompass 50 universal and more than 200 sector-specific benchmarks
9 June 2023
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
8 June 2023
The Drawdown Awards 2023: Winners announced
Congratulations to all of the winners of The Drawdown Awards 2023
5 June 2023
IQ-EQ partners with Novata
The partnership aims to incorporate Novata’s ESG data solution into IQ-EQ’s existing services
1 June 2023
Eiffel Investment partners with Carbon4 Finance
Partnership creates methodology to evaluate climate performance of unlisted companies
1 June 2023
Spaulding Ridge expands tech offering
Company launches tool to optimise technology implementation and speed up revenue operations
1 June 2023
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
30 May 2023
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
23 May 2023
Accelex launches portfolio analytics platform
The platform aims to provide visibility and automated data analysis on portfolio funds, commitments and underlying assets
18 May 2023
SFDR comPAIrisons
Clarity AI analysed differences in performance and strategies of 27,000 Article 6, 8 and 9 funds
18 May 2023
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
17 May 2023
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
5 May 2023
Cority acquires Greenstone
Greenstone will form part of Cority’s sustainability cloud offering
4 May 2023
Chronograph adds two to board
Ben Harrison of DealCloud and Intapp aims to help accelerate growth
4 May 2023
The challengers
Charting the rise of the new fund admin kids on the block, looking to break the mould
3 May 2023
Comment: Transforming the alternative investment industry
Alter Domus's chief commercial officer Alex Traub discusses the fund administrator's digital transformation