Technology
13 April 2021
The Techwork: Stuart Mair, BC Partners
“We want to ensure that we utilise and optimise our data, providing better insights for the business using the full Microsoft BI stack, reporting visualisations and analysis.”
12 April 2021
Agile fund management
The major advantage of setting up something fresh is having a clean slate with the ability to adopt the latest learnings and technologies. This is exactly what fund administrator Highvern did when it set up its processes and ways of working
9 April 2021
The Techwork: Andy Sobek, Permira
"I’m trying to build capability to keep the dealdoing machine well oiled. Deal doers are smart and entrepreneurial and my job is to underpin their work; to support quicker and better deal doing.”
7 April 2021
Holland Mountain upgrades data platform
ATLAS aggregates data from any source and provides business users and senior executives with centralised access to real-time data
7 April 2021
The Techwork: Ahmed Khamassi, Stirling Square Capital Partners
“The main improvement we want to make in terms of technology is to ensure it is designed with our people in mind.”
1 April 2021
The Techwork: Kevin Muller, Coller Capital
“We have a multi disciplined view on data; the tools we use and how people consume data. We’re running a multi-year data maturity initiative.”
1 April 2021
The Techwork
Private equity's digital transformation has undoubtedly been catalysed by events of the past year
30 March 2021
MUFG IS launches ESG reporting tool
The reporting tool initially uses RepRisk data and MUFG IS plans to add further data sources
30 March 2021
Allvue partners with Got Your Back
The partnership provides fund accounting solutions for Got Your Back's alternative fund management clients
29 March 2021
Hermance launches digital investment platform
The platform connects HNWs and institutional investors with private markets funds via low minimum ticket sizes
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
23 March 2021
Valutico explores ESG valuations
Valutico has received a €200,000 innovation grant from the Vienna Business Agency to support the project
23 March 2021
Advisory / Consultancy: Operations & Technology award winner: Holland Mountain
CEO Barnaby Piggott talks about why clients value the firm's independence
22 March 2021
InCloudCounsel launches Insight
Insight aims to allow fund managers to manage LP obligations to across all funds in one centralised platform
18 March 2021
Rising Star of the Year award winner: Dawid Sawicki, Kennet Partners
The financial controller discusses winning the Rising Star award, stepping up to FC during the finance team's transition period and various processes, systems and the CFO forum he's implemented
16 March 2021
IQ-EQ selects Allvue for private debt & credit
The debt desk will employ FIS software for accounting and transfer agency services, DX as the 24/7 online client portal, as well as IQ-EQ’s proprietary reporting system, IQ-EQ Cosmos
16 March 2021
Foreign exchange services award winner: Alpha FX
Alpha FX's dedication to the alternatives space means the team focuses on problem solving above all else
15 March 2021
Moonfare partners with Fidelity International
The partnership aims to provide institutional and wholesale clients with access to private market strategies
12 March 2021
Allvue updates performance & portfolio monitoring solution
The platform provides an overview of accurate investment performance down to asset level
12 March 2021
Technology: Accounting & Reporting award winner: AtomInvest
“Our philosophy is to look at what the best people are doing, not only in the alternatives space but across all markets." - AtomInvest founder and CEO Hemal Mehta
11 March 2021
Technology: Innovation award winner: Scissero
CEO Mathias Strasser discusses why GANs technology is a promising research area for the firm
11 March 2021
CFO of the Year award winner: Steve Darrington, Phoenix Equity Partners
Partner & CFO at Phoenix discusses winning a Drawdown award, setting up processes from the very beginning as well as how he's ensured ESG continues to be at the heart of the firm
10 March 2021
Technology: Portfolio Monitoring award winner: Mercatus
Mercatus CEO Haresh Patel attributes their success to the way in which the platform has naturally developed to incorporate ESG monitoring
9 March 2021
Long Ridge backs Drawbridge
Cyber security provider Drawbridge currently counts 300 alternative asset manager clients
9 March 2021
Technology: Information and Data Provider award winner: PitchBook Data
MD of EMEA and customer success Laura Gonzalez explains why the firm believes it only wins if their clients do
8 March 2021
Technology: Cyber Security award winner: ACA Aponix
Partner Mike Pappacena explains why the firm is moving into ESG
8 March 2021
GCV launches new end-to-end SaaS
Quva was developed by GCV’s venture builder division G-Labs
8 March 2021
And the winner is…
Entrants to The Drawdown's Awards were asked to demonstrate business growth, innovation and client satisfaction. While the winners were rewarded based on these metrics, what's clear from speaking to all of the successful groups is they all shared three additional commonalities
5 March 2021
TiG acquires ThirdSpace
The deal was backed by BGF, with financing provided by Santander’s Growth Capital team.
4 March 2021
SS&C’s Anwar joins Arrow Capital
Kamran Anwar has joined to lead the firm’s new clients and capital formation group
4 March 2021
Consero buys BridgeView CFO Solutions
The deal expands Consero’s suite of solutions to include HR and payroll services for its existing client base
4 March 2021
Social behaviour
While GPs use social media to give an insight into their firms, LPs now use it as part of their ODD. But where are they looking, and what for?
26 February 2021
Morgan Stanley’s Wasinger joins Allvue as CFO
Wasinger will oversee all areas of corporate finance to help from the firm’s revenue and market share
25 February 2021
InCloudCounsel opens Singapore office
The firm has hired Jon Crandall as managing director for APAC to lead the office
25 February 2021
PE and private debt behind on adopting tech
Broadridge's latest report found only 9% of PE and private debt respondents identified as leaders when it came to using AI, blockchain, the cloud and digital
24 February 2021
Standish partners with Redwood Valuation
The partnership enables Redwood to offer Standish clients a wide array of valuation services in a streamlined, high quality and cost effective manner
18 February 2021
The ins and outs of outsourcing: An evaluation guide for selecting the right vendor
InCloudCounsel CEO of co-founder Troy Pospisil says firms must "ask the tough-but-important questions about the service provider’s team, products, and business"
17 February 2021
iCapital and CAIA Association launch AltsEdge
AltsEdge is an education system which aims to help financial advisors understand alts investment strategies
12 February 2021
LemonTree and Reframe announce strategic partnership
The announcement follows two previous partnerships for LemonTree, with Steelbridge and Lionpoint
11 February 2021
StepStone becomes The ID Register alliance partner
StepStone Group has been a client of the platform since 2016
11 February 2021
5 minutes with… Guy Battle, Social Value Portal
As ESG’s visibility continues to increase, finding ways to measure and report efforts remains tricky. Social Value Portal’s CEO Guy Battle explains how their framework attributes monetary values to social impact
8 February 2021
Palico launches video-based fundraising
Palicalls enables LPs and GPs to book video meetings via a fully integrated dashboard that collates all relevant fundraising materials, communications and information into one space
5 February 2021
Fidelity’s Black joins Allvue as COO
James Black takes over from former COO Erik DiGiacomo who has now left the firm
4 February 2021
eFront integrates RepRisk ESG data
RepRisk’s dataset enables eFront clients to proactively identify ESG risk exposure in private investments
4 February 2021
STRAIT partners with PFA
The partnership will develop STRAITView, a manager-facing dashboard solution that will sit on PFA Solutions’ FirmVew platform
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
2 February 2021
CEPRES partners with KOP Consultancy
The partnership responds to service provider demand to cater to their clients' increasing need for information to support better decision making and to manage risk more effectively
1 February 2021
Spending power: Getting a handle on legal expenses
A recent webinar discussion looked under the bonnet of legal spending
29 January 2021
Silverfleet’s MacDougall joins Apperio as NED
MacDougall has joined to help drive the firm's growth and geographical expansion
28 January 2021
Under attack
With continued remote and hybrid working conditions, all team members need to be more vigilant than ever when it comes to cyber security
26 January 2021
Allvue partners with TrustServe
Allvue will integrate its platform into TrustServe, enabling it to service all closed-ended funds across PE, VC, FoF, RE and family offices
25 January 2021
SimCorp and Colmore partner on data service
The partnership integrates Colmore’s INSIGHT (data management) and FAIR (fees) services with SimCorp’s alternatives investment manager offering
22 January 2021
iCapital buys AI Insight
AI Insight provides financial advisors investment research, training, qualification and compliance support for a variety of alternative investments
22 January 2021
Colmore launches Stride
Stride automates and enhances the collection, extraction and analysis of unstructured data
21 January 2021
Private Equity Service Provider Awards: Winners announced
Winners of the Private Equity Service Provider Awards revealed
18 January 2021
Cobalt adds cap tables to portfolio monitoring platform
The function allows custom metrics to be edited in-application, downloaded, pulled into various reports and exported
15 January 2021
LemonTree partners with Lionpoint Group
The partnership aims to deliver complex data and accounting solutions to the private markets sector
15 January 2021
iLevel’s Yiannakis joins Holland Mountain
Yiannakis will oversee the firm’s commercial activity and expand the reach of its private capital data platform
15 January 2021
Allvue launches LP solution
Allvue’s LP solution claims to support investors’ ability to manage and analyse their alternative investments more efficiently
14 January 2021
Arbour hires CTO
According to founder James Newsome, Stefan Kirsch was hired for his vision and passion for technology