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Georgina Bale, Bower Talent

Valuing digital skills and flexibility

Bower Talent: Best Operations & Finance Recruitment Company – The private equity industry values the important role support and operations staff play in a business. And although the COVID-19 crisis is throwing everyone off balance, it has brought two major trends into the foreground – digital and flexible working. Georgina Bale

Sasha Jensen, Jensen Partners

Investment trends in PE foster new hiring needs

Jensen Partners: Best Investor Relations & Asset Raising Recruitment Company – The increased interest in ESG and impact investing is creating diverse hiring and marketing needs among general partners. As this trend continues to gain traction, it creates opportunity and challenges for the professionals building investment teams and those looking to market

Sam Metland, CITCO

Operational efficiency in a digital environment

Citco: Best Fund Administrator >USD30 billion – The value of data and digitisation are coming to the fore within the private equity industry. Finding operational efficiency is high on managers’ agendas and making full use of the valuable data they have is key to further development in the space. “The key

CEPRES Daniel Schmidt

The PE industry on the brink of broad digitisation

CEPRES: Best Data Management Solutions Provider – The private equity industry is expected to undergo significant changes across its investment processes. This is due to occur both in response to the current crisis and also bearing in mind the broader fundamental shift in capital and returns and systematic risk prior to

Gavan McGuire, Centaur Fund Services

Opportunity in times of crisis

Centaur Fund Services: Best Fund Administrator <USD30 billion – Although the private equity industry’s resilience is being tested by the Covid-19 crisis, the outlook is not gloomy on all fronts. Market volatility can lead to losses, but it also has the potential to provide opportunities.

SS&C IntraLinks

Technology helps managers meet growing investor needs

SS&C Intralinks: Best Secure Workflow Management Provider – Investors’ demands have grown exponentially in the past few years, with requests for more transparency, data and standardisation – combined with a focus on reducing fees. These operational requirements have become increasingly burdensome for GPs and create pressure that drives the need for

STRAIT adds to compliance team in Texas

Strait Fund Services (STRAIT) has strengthened its compliance offering for hedge fund and private equity clients with the appointment of Michael Barakat.Read the full story at Hedgeweek…

SEI Podcast Series

SEI Podcast Series: Technology transformation in investment management firms

In a recent white paper entitled Evolution in Asset Management, SEI pointed out that 70 per cent of US fund managers are currently looking to deploy advanced analytics in the front-office. The field of data science and machine learning-based data analysis is helping to transform how fund managers think about

Maitland appointed as corporate trustee to Green Outcomes Fund

Maitland, a global corporate services and administration firm, has been appointed as Corporate Trustee and trust administrator to the ZAR488 million Green Outcomes Fund. Launched in April 2020, the Fund aims to grow “green” small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and the green impact investing market in South Africa. The Green

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