Global law firm K&L Gates has opened a new office in Dublin, its 48th office worldwide and ninth in Europe. The launch includes the hiring of asset management and investment funds lawyers Gayle Bowen, Shane Geraghty, and Michelle Lloyd as the office’s founding partners.
In light of an ever-shifting regulatory environment and challenges around talent and technology, private equity firms are leaning more heavily on their service providers for support which will allow them to focus on their core capabilities.
RFA, a specialist IT provider to the alternative investment sector, has enhanced its cyber security offering for hedge and private equity funds with the addition of external surface attack management and dark web breach and exposure monitoring solutions. External attack surface management provides visibility and risk assessment for organisations’ PKI
ESG continues to sit at the top of the agenda for private market investors and managers. The challenge of putting this data into context is becoming critical for industry participants in order to understand how they compare to their peers and to meet emerging investor and regulator expectations. Linking these
Private equity managers face a number of challenges relating to data – namely issues around aggregation, analysis, security and delivery. Smart deployment of technology solutions can help alleviate these pressures. “Having access to time-saving and risk-reducing technology will continue to play an important role in the success of PE managers,”
VI Asset Management has appointed Apex Group to provide fund administration services to its inaugural evergreen Asia private credit fund.
CEPRES, a specialist in private market data and investment technology, has launched an expanded version of the CEPRES Fund Screener, which now provides benchmarks to over 11,000 institutional-grade illiquid funds invested in 108,000 PE-backed portfolio companies. The upgrades to Fund Screener, part of the firm’s Due Diligence suite, include: enhanced
Third Bridge, an investment research company serving private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds and management consulting firms, has launched Maps, a new way to visualise public and private company value chains in a single view, helping investors fast-track early-stage research within minutes. Third Bridge currently has almost 10k Maps
According to a Hedgeweek global survey, 82% of fund managers suggested capital raising is the biggest barrier they face. But like many sales related activities, it’s a numbers game. The more people you touch, the greater chance you have of raising capital. Managing the capital raising process in a structured
The current environment is creating ripe opportunities for foreign managers seeking looking to raise capital in Japan as local investors and institutions look for fixed income substitutes to supplement returns. Having a local presence can help elevate their offer, however they have to be patient and persistent as business practice
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