MSCI has launched two new data and analytics tools – Private Asset and Deal Metrics and RCA Funds – aimed at helping General Partners (GPs) improve decision-making, performance benchmarking, and investor engagement across private equity and real estate markets.

Private equity firms are increasingly aware of the growing cyber threat landscape, but many are falling short in translating this awareness into effective risk mitigation, according to new research from global intelligence and cyber security consultancy S-RM.

Värde Partners, a credit and credit-related assets specialist, has expanded its broader asset-based finance strategy with the launch of a fund finance platform, with $300m of strategic equity capital from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), through subsidiaries of CPPIB Credit Investments, in addition to other Värde-dedicated capital.

Alantra has named Adepa as fund administrator and transfer agent for its Luxembourg-based private debt funds, supporting Alantra’s efforts to grow its private debt platform across Europe.

Private market secondaries manager, Coller Capital, has entered into a distribution partnership with Allfunds, an end-to-end WealthTech partner for the wealth and asset management industries with more than $1.5tn assets under administration across Mutual Funds, Alternative Assets and ETFs.

Alpha Group International has released a new guide aimed at helping private capital fund managers and service providers manage the process of setting up and maintaining banking accounts and making cross-border payments.