The Expert

3 January 2023

Comment: Why the DPI performance metric is so important to investors today

ECI’s Jeremy Lytle urges private equity firms to use appropriate performance metrics as macroeconomic turbulence attracts greater investor scrutiny

19 December 2022

Column: The power of reflection

As the year draws to a close, Nikki Swan - founder of Mindful Swan, explores the benefits of self-reflection and the ways in which it can support achieving goals

8 December 2022

The great talent depression

Natalia Ramsden of Sofos Associates believes private equity firms can be doing much more to better understand, and therefore attract fresh talent

5 December 2022

Comment: Known or knowable? It depends

Nic Müller, CEO of Avega Capital Management, looks at a recent clarification to the IPEV guidelines, and hopes greater harmonisation is coming

1 December 2022

Column: You are what you eat

Natalia Ramsden of Sofos Associates highlights the importance of nutrition when it comes to performance

28 November 2022

Comment: The dangers of an uncertain legacy

History bears witness to the destructive potential of unplanned succession, but private equity and VC funds aren't planning for it, especially in Europe. Diana Meyel, managing partner at Cipio Partners, considers the dangers and strategies surrounding a strangely unexamined issue

7 November 2022

Looking back to look forward

By looking back at how and where the international funds industry has evolved, we can better understand how the sector might develop in the future, argues Elliot Refson, head of funds at Jersey Finance

31 October 2022

Comment: Negotiating GP stakes deals in uncertain times

Lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb say careful negotiation of key terms will be more important than ever

27 October 2022

Comment: Co-sourcing

Kimberly Kale, head of operations for the PE Back Office at Allvue Systems explains how GPs can have their data and their fund administrators too, without complicating their data flows

24 October 2022

Comment: We need to talk about valuations, or face a credibility crisis

Robert Quartly-Janeiro, IR consultant and former LSE Visiting Fellow urges GPs to face the music

20 October 2022

Column: Tricky maths

Dörte Höppner, chief sustainability officer at the Riverside Company, explores the complexities of collecting ESG data

12 October 2022

Comment: UK LP reform package

Goodwin lawyers outline key proposals of the UK limited partnership legislative reform package introduced in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill

10 October 2022

Comment: Brexit and PE - where are we now?

John Young, international counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton, highlights growing concerns around the EU granting equivalence to the UK and the implications for PE firms

29 September 2022

Comment: Coming to terms

Steven Ward and Anjuli Chatterjee of Squire Patton Boggs compare and contrast fund terms between VC and PE, and ask how both might change in an increasingly challenging funding environment

26 September 2022

Comment: The Mother of Invention

James Wood, investment funds partner at Hogan Lovells in Sydney, explores fund structuring innovations throughout the APAC region

22 September 2022

Column: Reality check

You are the creator of your own reality, writes Thomas Woodland, The Private Equity Coach

12 September 2022

The most influential fund finance experts of 2022

Charting the market’s movers and makers

1 September 2022

Comment: The world has changed - how are lenders and markets reacting?

With great challenge comes great opportunity, writes Mohith Sondhi, senior director – debt finance at OakNorth Bank

3 August 2022

Data, cyber security and AI compliance: managing the evolving landscape

Debevoise & Plimpton’s Robert Maddox and Martha Hirst detail how new cyber and privacy rules from regulators worldwide will impact PE firms, and provide five key tips to stay ahead

1 August 2022

Setting the record straight

Eric de Montgolfier, CEO of Invest Europe goes beyond the fiction and details the facts about private equity and venture capital in Europe

27 June 2022

More signal, less noise: enhancing the UK’s position as a fund domicile

Despite housing the largest asset management industry in Europe, the UK ranks behind other jurisdictions as a domicile of choice for UCITS and AIFs

23 June 2022

Column: Ukraine and ESG

The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine has put ESG into sharp focus for private equity firms, writes Riverside Europe’s COO Dörte Höppner

20 June 2022

Comment: Keep your head in the cloud to track ESG

To be good at ESG investing you need an exceptional ESG tracking system, which requires the power of the cloud, writes Ben Harrison of Intapp

7 June 2022

Comment: ESG and PE in Asia: rules of attraction

Stephanie Keen, leader of Hogan Lovells’ corporate & finance practice in Asia Pacific and associate Amelia Lee detail regulatory developments putting ESG firmly on the map in Asia.

26 May 2022

Column: A song of ice and fire

SOFOS Associates’ Natalia Ramsden continues her series of detailing various techniques and treatments for enhancing cognitive performance - this time looking at hot and cold therapies

26 May 2022

Column: The illusion of two paradigms and its impact on performance

Depending on whether you’re in the outside-in or the inside-out paradigm, your behaviour will vary significantly. But only one of them is real and understanding this leads to considerable outperformance, writes executive coach Thomas Woodland

23 May 2022

Could NLP be the silver bullet for the asset servicing industry’s challenges?

Tim Mietus of Citco Technology Management asks if natural language processing could be an essential tool for data integration in lieu of greater industry standardisation and ever-growing capacity woes

18 May 2022

Comment: Fund forecast

Mohith Sondhi of OakNorth Bank shares his top predictions as macroeconomic challenges intensify

28 April 2022

The oxygen effect

Natalia Ramsden of SOFOS Associates details the cognitive improvements that can be achieved with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

25 April 2022

Leading managers embrace a new standard in contract negotiation

Troy Pospisil, CEO and founder of Ontra, charts the adoption of legal tech by blue chip private equity firms

25 April 2022

Comment: Make it hard for hackers

Drawbridge CEO Jason Elmer explores cybersecurity threats for PE firms and portfolio companies and explains why preventing easy access is key to mitigating breaches

21 April 2022

Private equity and hedge funds’ cyber security demands converge

Tom Cole, managing director - UK & Europe, Abacus Group, charts private equity’s increasing needs for robust cyber security,

13 April 2022

CTOs: Dealing with (unfair?) pressure

Alex Tyler and Ingolv Urnes of psKINETIC look at the challenges and successful coping strategies

11 April 2022

Comment: Unlocking private markets’ ESG potential

Hemal Mehta, founder and CEO of AtomInvest discusses the importance of sophisticated tech when it comes to ESG data collection, analysis and reporting

28 March 2022

“C-Suite and non-competes in the age of the tweet” – restrictive covenants and social media

Proskauer Rose’s Dorothy Murray and Nicola Bartholomew discuss the increasingly blurred lines when it comes to non-competes and personal social media accounts

28 March 2022

Let’s talk about the data

Tim Friedman, founder of PE Stack, discusses all things data, including the adoption of alternative data sources and how to create a data plan

21 March 2022

The DEI is cast

Riverside Europe's Dörte Höppner gets under the skin of private equity's diversity, equity and inclusion problem

3 March 2022

State of mind

The final undiscovered competitive advantage in business, writes transformative coach, Thomas Woodland

24 February 2022

Comment: The impact of new long-term vehicles with large liquid allocations

Ed Lee, partner at Proskauer, explores the advantages of adopting an evergreen model, as well as the challenges and questions they present

8 February 2022

The performance missing link: intelligence

Natalia Ramsden of SOFOS Associates charts the rising trend among private equity professionals of boosting performance by adopting innovative medicines to increase intelligence

31 January 2022

ATAD 3: How will private equity measure up?

Andrew Howard, Ropes & Gray tax partner, outlines his thoughts on the likely impacts on private equity of the ‘ATAD 3’ EC proposal, designed to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes

27 January 2022

Your data: Time to take the steering wheel

Private capital firms cannot let off-the-shelf software solutions control data strategy, writes Ingolv Urnes of psKINETIC

20 January 2022

Navigating new rules

Ropes & Gray partner, Eve Ellis, takes a look back at private equity fund regulations throughout 2021, and looks ahead to what's in store for 2022 and beyond

4 January 2022

Comment: The year ESG went mainstream

Sofiya Bumagin, managing associate at Linklaters discusses how ESG is fast becoming a PE megatrend, and the challenges yet to be overcome

25 November 2021

Comment: Alternative managers challenged to build virtual fort knoxes

The cash-in, cash-out nature of fund management requires sophisticated cyber controls, write Jeremy Slade and Don Jefferis of Hazeltree

16 November 2021

Out of the deep freeze and into the sun

Fokke Lucas of 17Capital discusses the merits of single asset portfolio finance for companies impacted by the pandemic

11 November 2021

The big picture

Riverside Europe COO Dörte Höppner, details why private equity should consider ESG regulations as a chance to positively contribute to the global effort against climate change

4 November 2021

Comment: New tax regime for UK asset holding companies

Ropes & Gray partner Brenda Coleman and associate Tim Waters detail the latest development for the UK funds industry

25 October 2021

The rise of the cross-border transaction

Reed Smith partners Stephen Mooney and Sam Webster detail the latest evolution in the way funds operate and structure deals

14 October 2021

Finding the right home for your alternative fund

IQ-EQ's Justin Partington assesses the key elements of fund domicile selection

30 September 2021

Taxation of partners: Changes expected

Alex Conway of Crowe UK details expected changes as to how partners will be taxed following the government’s current consultation

16 September 2021

Why so serious?

Seriousness is the single greatest source of inefficiency and ineffectiveness in business, writes executive coach and performance consultant, Thomas Woodland

2 September 2021

Get ready for the new investment firms prudential regime

PE houses must familiarise themselves with the new requirements and ensure their forecasting practices are up to standard, writes Karen Allan of Haysmacintyre

12 August 2021

Comment: The first time

Khuram Bajwa of OneTen Associates discusses real life examples of hiring a CFO for the first time

26 July 2021

Comment: Navigating through the storm: An evolution in fund finance

Leon Stephenson and Colin Baker of Reed Smith outline the various uses and advantages of NAV facilities

1 July 2021

A guide to Germany’s new pre-marketing rules

New pre-marketing obligations for German AIFs come into force this August, with a distinctive German twist

21 June 2021

Comment: The importance of being idle

Corona not only cleared the skies but also our minds, writes Riverside Europe COO, Dörte Höppner

10 June 2021

Comment: ESG and fund finance

Michael Mbayi of Wildgen and Thomas Hallett of Barclays explore how funds can embrace ESG fund finance solutions

9 June 2021

New horizons: Carbon pricing

Professor Gianfranco Gianfrate, Climate Finance Lead and Professor of Finance at the EDHEC-Risk Institute, says carbon pricing is happening and managers need to prepare

24 May 2021

Comment: Managing privacy concerns surrounding FATCA and CRS compliance

Ed Harris, Louise Crawford and Adela Komorowska of Hogan Lovells examine the friction between enhanced transparency among tax authorities and the right to privacy