By Bob Nicolson, Head of Consultancy at Nicolson Bray – Organisations today are facing a dangerous combination of mounting cybersecurity threat and a lack of in-house expertise to meet the challenge. Smaller firms have typically allocated responsibility for information security to a member of the operations or financial team and given IT the responsibility for technical cyber security.  In most cases these responsibilities are secondary to the allotted individuals main role, resulting in issues around prioritisation and conflicts of interests. »

By Jean-Philippe Castellani, Societe Generale – The reasons are many for the increase in the number of private equity funds seeking to mitigate foreign exchange (FX) risks through risk management solutions.   »

Thanks to continued product innovation, there are now numerous structures for investors to consider when investing in private equity but determining the best structure should be a secondary consideration.  »

Luxembourg has made strides over the last six or seven years to create a funds environment that is equally as appealing to PE/RE and VC fund managers who want less regulated fund structures, for speed to market purposes, as it is to traditional asset managers for regulated funds; be they SIFs or UCITS.  »

In the third of our GFM Spotlight on Women in Finance series, Global Fund Media talks to Kathy Sayko, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer at PGIM, about her role in creating a business environment that attracts and retains a diverse pool of talent and enables that talent to thrive… »

The UK and France have proven strong markets for mid-market private equity managers through September/October, but as we reach the end of the year, and as Brexit uncertainty lingers three months out from the deadline, some believe the UK deal market, in particular, will soften in early 2019.  »

When President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) last December, one of the key points that the media focused on was the reduction in corporate tax from 35 per cent to 21 per cent; the biggest cut in more than three decades. This was big news for corporate America.  »