As the ultimate black swan event hit the world in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic, private equity managers came to understand the necessity of including scenario analysis in their investment process.
The past year has taught the world to expect the unexpected. Private equity managers have learnt to be adaptable and nimble in the face of challenging circumstances. However, although no one can predict the future, data analytics and tools are evolving to help managers map potential future risks and outcomes.
By A Paris – Private equity may have, historically, lagged the broader financial industry when it comes to the adoption of technology and automation. But as more data becomes available, reporting and transparency requirements on behalf of limited partners (LPs) ramp up and firms continue to diversify their investments, access to analytical
Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) is to partner with FTSE 100 Informa PLC to create a financial data and technology provider by bringing together two complementary businesses: Informa Financial Intelligence’s Financial Benchmarking & Omnichannel Experience (FBX) business and Novantas Inc, a financial data services company. The investment is being made
Antarctica Capital, an international private equity firm has formed EarthDaily Analytics (EarthDaily), an integrated data processing and analytics company offering advanced digital products and analytics for delivery to the world’s rapidly expanding global agricultural industry. EarthDaily Analytics utilises satellites to collect vast amounts of raw imagery of the Earth’s surface.
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a USD25 million growth equity investment in Basis Technologies, a specialist provider of DevOps and test automation software for SAP systems. Organisations across the world use Basis Technologies’ DevOps technology to support the transition from legacy on premise SAP software to modern cloud-hosted SAP
Private equity-backed and family-owned businesses are significantly behind listed companies in gender diversity at board level, with women making up just 13 per cent and 10 per cent of boards respectively at these businesses versus 34 per cent at FTSE 350 companies, says New Street Consulting Group, the leadership and
Drooms, Europe’s specialist provider of digital data rooms, enjoyed a successful year in 2020, with the number of users of asset management platform Drooms PORTFOLIO, rising 87 per cent versus the previous year. As a result, the number of assets managed and transacted on Drooms surpassed 10,000 for the
Specialist business advisory firm FRP is to grow its Scottish team following the appointment of a six-strong restructuring advisory team, which includes partners Michelle Elliot and Stuart Robb, all of whom will be based in Glasgow. With more than 20 years’ experience, Elliot is a qualified chartered accountant and insolvency
Sky9 Capital, a venture capital firm investing in Chinese start-ups, has completed the flotation of its portfolio company TuSimple on the Nasdaq stock exchange today under the ticker symbol ‘TSP’ at a market capitalisation of USD8.49 billion. TuSimple is the global leader in autonomous trucking and is revolutionising the
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