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RFA: Best Cloud Services Provider – Digital transformation can create efficiencies within a business, increasing visibility of data and reducing cost. However, it is crucial that any digital transformation is approached correctly, as a poorly executed strategy can lead to significant business disruption.
“An effective digitisation process is built on an effective data strategy. An end-to-end managed data solution is usually the most effective approach for a PE firm,” explains George Ralph, Global Managing Director at RFA. “A data warehouse will separate the layers of PE managers’ data via any public cloud provider; AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. The managers are
AssetMetrix: Best ESG Solution Provider – As the need for transparency persists and private equity managers are pushed to integrate increasingly sophisticated tools into their processes, the importance of delivering high quality data in a timely manner is being thrown into sharper relief.
“As limited partners (LPs) and regulators demand greater transparency and insight, fund managers are under pressure to adopt reporting technology to satisfy these demands,” explains Moritz Haarmann, Head of Product Development, AssetMetrix. “The trend for digitisation in private capital has been in action for several years, but it has come into the spotlight even more over the course
iConnections: Best Fund Raising Solution – As travel restrictions extended beyond March 2020, raising assets without face-to-face meetings proved challenging, especially in private markets which are heavily reliant on personal relationships. In this environment, asset owners and investment managers recognised the need to think laterally and search for a virtual platform which understands the bespoke needs of the private capital community.
“Prior to the pandemic, the capital introduction process was largely centred around conferences, which by their very nature tended to be quite regional in their reach,” observes Ron Biscardi, CEO and Co-Founder of iConnections. “They also tended to have a narrower scope,
FIS: Best Portfolio Management Software Provider – As private equity continues to attract more and more capital from existing and new sources like high-net worth individuals, managers must meet the changing investor needs. There has been a rise in asset class cross-over with traditional managers buying private firms or starting closed-end vehicles and private capital firms launching open-ended structures.
SS&C Intralinks: Best Investor Relations Technology – Requests for more data and transparency are changing the private equity landscape. These demands have become burdensome from the general partners’ (GPs) perspective so the need for efficiency on this front has been pushed to the fore.
“Although these demands have been on the rise for the past few years, they increased pretty rapidly over the last year,” comments Bob Petrocchi, senior vice president and co-general manager of SS&C Intralinks. “I think, because we were operating remotely, these requests were compressed in terms of timeframe. We also observed heightened levels of expected responsiveness. In
By A Paris – Private capital may have historically lagged the rest of the asset management industry in terms of technology and digitalisation, but the past year has brought about a sea change in this regard. As teams were shifted to remote working, general partners (GPs) had to use new tools and solutions to encourage collaboration and productivity while also guaranteeing open communication with limited partners (LPs), whose need for data and information increased sharply.
In this environment, which was new territory for some PE managers, the support they received from their service providers proved invaluable. The winners of this year’s awards
Unicorn Capital Partners (Unicorn), an Asian venture capital fund-of-funds manager, has completed fundraising for Unicorn Partners Fund IV, (Fund IV), which was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of USD450 million.
Similar to its predecessor funds, Fund IV will focus on fund and direct investment opportunities in technology and healthcare in China.
The investor base for Fund IV, which closed on 1 June, 2021, includes both new and existing investors and is comprised of leading endowments and foundations, family offices, pension funds, and asset managers in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
“We are very pleased
Trilantic North America, a, growth-focused middle market private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the on-demand manufacturing business from 3D Systems in partnership with Ziad Abou, a tenured industry pioneer and veteran who held the role of Senior Vice President and General Manager of the operation for nearly a decade, and other industry executives.
The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and certain closing adjustments.
The company, which will operate under the name QuickParts post-closing and will be led by Abou as Chief Executive Officer, is an internationally recognised digital manufacturing leader that provides on-demand 3D printing and custom
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has completed its fundraising for TA XIV with total commitments at the hard cap of USD12.5 billion.
TA XIV was launched in January 2021 and quickly became significantly oversubscribed, with demand exceeding its original USD10.5 billion target. In addition, TA announced the closing of TA Select Opportunities Fund II (TA Select Opps II), also launched in January 2021, with total commitments at its hard cap of USD1.5 billion.
TA XIV will continue TA’s long-term investment strategy of investing in companies with high-quality business models capable of delivering sustainable growth within the
Stableton Financial (Stableton), a European Fintech platform for Alternative Investments, has closed its seed funding round.
The financing round was led by digital finance investor DEWB, a German private equity firm with an investment focus on asset management and companies whose technologies and business models are significantly shaping the digitalisation of the finance industry.
In addition to DEWB, existing shareholders and other renowned investors and entrepreneurs from the venture capital and hedge fund industry, family offices and strategic management consultants, among others, participated in this significantly oversubscribed financing round. The parties agreed not to disclose the size and terms of
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