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18 May 2020

Comment: Secondaries legal issues and risks

Jonathan Blake, Stephen Newby and Shantanu Naravane at Herbert Smith Freehills consider investor liquidity in private funds, GP-led secondaries, principal legal issues and key risks

6 May 2020

Comment: ESG in C-19

Dörte Höppner, COO of Riverside Europe, says ESG has new meaning and acts as one of PE's most vital tools in weathering the storm

4 May 2020

PRI, “A shield against COVID-19: embedding human rights in investment”

The PRI's Bettina Reinboth and Nikolaj Halkjaer Pedersen believe private capital has crucial role to play in safeguarding human rights

24 April 2020

Comment: Career goals

Nic Müller of KPMG Luxembourg asks if it's time to change the service provider to GP career path

16 April 2020

WFH best practice: Regulators and financial reporting

The third article in our mini-series provided by 3LDC focuses on reporting, financial and regulatory commitments during lockdown. It aims to remind and provide brief guidance on what firms should be doing.

7 April 2020

Comment: Post C19, time for a re-brand?

Corporate photographer Douglas Fry believes private equity has an opportunity to change its image post-pandemic

6 April 2020

WFH best practice: Life in lockdown

Consultants 3LDC return with their next instalment, this time looking at the longer term impacts of remote working and how to adapt processes

31 March 2020

WFH best practice: Emergency response phase

Nick Murphy from consultancy 3LDC outlines the do's and don'ts for the first phase of working from home

27 March 2020

Comment: Generation game

Shifting employee demographics are impacting compensation trends, writes EWM Global’s Raoul Kamath

27 February 2020

Comment: The outsourcing dilema

Jen Simkins of March Consultants says her connections are debating whether or not to outsourcing part of their operations

24 February 2020

Comment: Making tax digital

Louise Scholey, associate director at Grant Thornton provides a practical guide to taking tax into the digital age

23 January 2020

Comment: Who built your marketing infrastructure?

For growing fund managers, a decent marketing framework is a must, but who takes responsibility for managing the build?

8 January 2020

Parallel universe: lure of the Cayman-Lux

Ogier partners Joanne Huckle and Anne-Gaëlle Delabye predict a rise in Luxembourg-Cayman parallel fund structures

9 December 2019

Comment: PE increasingly aware of its blind spot?

Reed Smith partner Laura Brunnen details a recent panel discussion held by 1973 club, which found private equity is making positive changes, yet there is more to do