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Companies will diversify their supply chains, says Blackstone’s Schwarzman

Stephen Schwarzman, the Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, believes that companies will respond and diversify their supply chains, with the coronavirus lockdown exposing risks that previously might not have been factored in.  Such has been the severity of Covid-19, countries have been forced to close their doors over the

AcordIQ launches new, cloud-based Waterfall validation service for PE fund managers and administrators

AcordIQ, a specialist in automated Waterfall administration software and services for private equity fund managers and administrators, has announced a new cloud-based Waterfall verification shadow service.Waterfall calculations and associated fund administration tasks are one of the most important yet complex areas in private equity fund administration. Having an independent verification

Legal tech provider Apperio expands into US market with focus on PE firms

UK-based legal technology provider Apperio – a specialist in automated legal spend tracking, management and analysis – is expanding its sales operation in the United States.  Apperio’s sales team is actively pursuing in-house corporate legal department business in America, coast-to-coast. The company is initially targeting legal departments of both corporate enterprises with

Allocator secures Morningstar investment

Allocator, an investment data and technology company, has secured a significant amount of growth capital from the leading provider of independent investment research, Morningstar, in exchange for a minority stake in the company.As part of the transaction, Brett Kaluza, Vice President of Customer Success at PitchBook has been appointed to

Aztec Group to administer record-breaking USD19bn secondaries fund

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has been selected by Ardian to administer its eighth-generation secondaries platform, ASF VIII, which Ardian says is the world’s largest. Headquartered in Paris, Ardian is a global private investment firm with USD96 billion in AUM. The firm’s Fund of Funds platform,

Global downturn

CEPRES develops Covid-19 portfolio risk management assessment

CEPRES is offering a Risk Analysis & Rating Dashboard on its platform to support LPs in understanding the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on their portfolios. CEPRES’ Health Check Rating System is based on the CEPRES Platform’s flexible analysis dashboarding system and can inform investors on whether their private market

Coronavirus crisis

Crisis acts as catalyst for the ‘S factor’ in ESG, says Aegon AM

The coronavirus crisis and nationwide lockdown have given clarity on how to evaluate companies’ ability to tackle social issues, “crystallising” what the S in ESG stands for, according to Bas NieuweWeme, CEO of Aegon Asset Management. The impact from coronavirus and the changes to the way people have had to

Private capital ready to support UK SMEs with recovery from Covid-19 crisis

High Net Worth private investors are ready and willing to provide small and medium-sized British businesses (SMEs) with the financial support they will need as they recover from the impact of Covid-19, reveals research by Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business.According to a survey among 233 Connection Capital

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