Tech provider profile: Acuity Knowledge Partners
Overview
Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) is a provider of bespoke research, analytics and technology solutions to the financial services sector, including asset managers, corporate and investment banks, private equity and venture capital firms, hedge funds and consulting firms. Its global network of over 6,000 analysts and industry experts, combined with proprietary technology, supports more than 600 financial institutions (160+ private market firms) and consulting companies. Acuity is headquartered in London and operates from 10 countries worldwide. It was established as a separate business from Moody’s Corporation in 2019, following its acquisition by Equistone Partners Europe. In January 2023, funds advised by global private equity firm Permira acquired a majority stake in the business from Equistone, which remains invested as a minority shareholder.
- Provider type
- Software provider, Data & intelligence provider
- Functions
- Front Office, Middle office, Back office, Deal origination & execution, Fundraising, Investor relations, Portfolio monitoring & value creation, Other operations
- Services offered
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- Accounting
- Cap table management
- Company financials & benchmarks
- CRM
- Document & data automation
- ESG monitoring & reporting
- Fund administration
- Fund due diligence
- Fund performance data & benchmarks
- Investment cost analysis
- LP relationship management
- Portfolio monitoring
- Research Management Systems (RMS)
- Valuations
- Geographies
- Europe, US, Asia, MENA, Africa, Oceania
- Year founded
- 2002
- Team size
- 6000
- Number of offices
- 14
- Office locations
- London, New York City, San Fransisco, Beijing, Bengaluru, Gurugram, San José, Sydney, Dubai, Miami, Pune, Hong Kong, Colombo, Port Louis
- Revenue (last financial year)
- $150-250m
- Clients serviced
- General Partners, Limited Partners, Lenders & debt fund managers, PE advisers & consultants
- Access model
- Consultancy services
- Integrations
- eFront, iLevel, AllVue, SalesForce, and more
Key team members
Pratap Narayan Singh
Head of private markets
Chetan Majithia
Head of business development, Americas
Batuhan Karabekir
Head of business development, EMEA
Insights
Transforming portfolio monitoring and ops with tech
Establishing a centralised point of contact and a single source of truth is critical for portfolio monitoring and reporting, says Pratap Narayan Singh, senior director and head of private markets at Acuity Knowledge Partners
Increase in designated ESG managers at PE firms
According to Acuity Knowledge Partners’ 2023 Global Private Markets Outlook, just under 69% of PE firms surveyed have a dedicated ESG professional within their organisation
Client details
- Total Number of PE clients
- 160
- Combined AUM of PE clients
- $10trn
- Average length of client relationship
- 6 years
- Growth in PE clients last 12 months vs previous period
- +33%
- Number of Europe-headquarted PE clients
- 42
- PE clients breakdown
- 50% North America, 30% Europe, 20% Asia
What users say
My primary use of the platform has been for investor reporting. The platform is intuitive and flexible. The FolioSure team has been a pleasure to work with throughout this process. They are attentive, thorough, and efficient – and most importantly, focused on making sure that they understand what you need before they undertake any work to minimise iterations. It’s so easy to communicate with them. Making the switch to FolioSure was the right decision.
Investor relations manager at Helios Investment Partners
Product roadmap
From the provider (March 2024):
We are further developing our portfolio management solutions (FolioSure) to make it more comprehensive and applicable for all the strategies within Private Markets space. Currently, it contains portfolio monitoring, valuation and reporting capabilities on an online platform targeted towards private equity and venture capital.
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