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Sam Metland, CITCO
Citco: Best Fund Administrator >USD30 billion – The value of data and digitisation are coming to the fore within the private equity industry. Finding operational efficiency is high on managers’ agendas and making full use of the valuable data they have is key to further development in the space. “The key trends in PE that are driving our development over the last year are digitisation and a growing understanding of the value of data. Managers are demanding digitised workflows and real time access to data in their reporting tools. The ability for managers, administrators and investors to interact digitally is currently
Ross Johnson, DFIN
DFIN: Best Risk Management Software Provider – Technology is having a strong influence on the way deals are executed the private equity space. Developments in software as a service (SaaS) are also having an impact on the effective efficiencies around deal execution. Known for creating efficiencies and streamlining processes in many industries, technology is supporting PE firms to create a competitive advantage in what is often a crowded market. Risk and compliance solutions provider DFIN focuses on providing technology solutions to help PE firms work more efficiently. The firm says its data processes deliver the insights PE investors need to make confident decisions. 
CEPRES Daniel Schmidt
CEPRES: Best Data Management Solutions Provider – The private equity industry is expected to undergo significant changes across its investment processes. This is due to occur both in response to the current crisis and also bearing in mind the broader fundamental shift in capital and returns and systematic risk prior to this global calamity. “We expect a full digitisation of the investment process for private capital markets with counterparties choosing to act online rather than revert to the old-fashioned approaches. This will be combined with even deeper demands for transactional data exchange to underwrite investment decisions and monitor portfolios based on
Gavan McGuire, Centaur Fund Services
Centaur Fund Services: Best Fund Administrator <USD30 billion – Although the private equity industry’s resilience is being tested by the Covid-19 crisis, the outlook is not gloomy on all fronts. Market volatility can lead to losses, but it also has the potential to provide opportunities.
CapStone Holdings has launched GameAbove Capital, a USD50 million private venture fund focused on minority – and women – operated businesses engaged in sustainability-related products and services. GameAbove Capital looks to deploy capital with thoughtful acquisitions, joint ventures, and equity financing in successful expansion-staged entrepreneurial ventures. Investment targets include, but are not limited to, products and services related to sustainability in mobility, learning and workforce development, and protecting clean water. CapStone Holdings is launching the fund now in part to provide further stability for companies during these uncertain times due to the impacts of the coronavirus and to add further
SS&C IntraLinks
SS&C Intralinks: Best Secure Workflow Management Provider – Investors’ demands have grown exponentially in the past few years, with requests for more transparency, data and standardisation – combined with a focus on reducing fees. These operational requirements have become increasingly burdensome for GPs and create pressure that drives the need for efficiency.
By A Paris – Starting the year with record levels of cash, the private equity industry was, arguably, in a favourable position to weather the storm caused by the Covid-19 pandemic which threw the world into chaos in March 2020. Due to its inherent long-term characteristics and patient capital, private equity is arguably better placed than other sectors to weather the pandemic. But despite this, all areas are being impacted in one way or the other, from valuations and fundraising to cashflow and operational threats, private equity managers are run off their feet, trying to keep up and adapt in an
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Omnes has invested EUR60 million in a primary LBO, carried out as a proprietary deal with the Biofutur group, a cluster of medical biology analysis laboratories in Ile-de-France, which is managed by independent medical biologists.
Private investment firm Newlight Partners (Newlight) has made a significant equity investment in Zing Health Holdings, a physician-led Medicare Advantage HMO plan designed for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries.Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Chicago, Zing Health has a distinctive focus on populations underserved by traditional health insurance models. Its approach is based on a patient-oriented delivery system consisting of primary care providers, registered nurses, social workers, behavioural health specialists and community-based health care workers across a growing network of providers.   Zing Health was cofounded and is led by Dr Eric Whitaker, a seasoned physician and entrepreneur. He is supported by a
True, a European retail and consumer sector specialist investor, has led an investment of over GBP1 million into a London-based men’s make-up brand, War Paint, co-investing with Redrice Ventures, led by Partner Robert Senior, the former CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, and other angel investors. Since launching in 2018, War Paint has received a phenomenal amount of attention from the press and is the first men’s make up brand to have a fully stocked men’s makeup counter within the men’s section of major retailers such as John Lewis, Mr Porter and Harvey Nichols. The capital will be used by War Paint

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