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Constellation Advisers: Best Regulatory & Compliance Adviser – An innovative a client service approach is being introduced to reduce the direct service costs by the manager and help private equity funds at all stages of growth meet demand for the expanding needs of their business. Constellation Advisers is currently rolling out this unique approach to its client base to enthusiastic feedback.
The firm anticipates private equity managers will face increasing requirements by institutional investors, and in turn, will have to take a serious look at how they are currently operating their business. Frank Napolitani, Managing Director, at Constellation Advisers says: “We
Jensen Partners: Best Recruitment Company for Investor Relations & Asset Raising – Due to its intense, long-standing focus on data, Jensen Partners has a one-of-a-kind model when it comes to executive search. By combining both quantitative and qualitative data-centric approaches, Jensen Partners is able to generate a wealth of information that can be used to assist the firm’s clients with raising capital by identifying and securing the ideal human capital.
The hiring landscape is very competitive. As hiring trends shift, Sasha Jensen, founder and CEO of Jensen Partners, says the firm is aware it has to work hard to source the
UMB Bank: Best Custodian – High-touch service is key in the private equity arena due to the manual nature of preparing investment documentation and the expertise required to do so accurately. To develop the specialised skillset required to service these clients UMB Bank has been investing in building and developing a team with deep product expertise.
“UMB has experienced a significant amount of growth in the private equity sector. New clients have sought out UMB because of our first-class service model within the PE space,” says Amy Small SVP, executive director of Institutional Custody at UMB.
The firm utilises industry
ACA Aponix: Best Cyber Security Provider – One of the greatest challenges facing cyber-security and technology risk is how privacy regulation is being addressed in the United States. As a result, ACA Aponix, the cybersecurity and risk division of ACA Compliance Group, is focusing on privacy regulation and readiness for 2020.
“The plethora of state regulations and nits and nuances of each will create significant work for private equity clients and for their portfolio companies,” remarks Raj Bakhru, Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at ACA Compliance Group.
Currently, privacy regulation is at the state level and it is quite possible that firms
It was a privilege to host Private Equity Wire’s inaugural awards event in New York recently. And what a great event it turned out to be, despite the thunderstorm that hit right at the commencement of proceedings! Still, this did little to dampen the mood in the room.
Private Equity Wire partnered with PitchBook to pre-select managers based on their performance over the previous 12 months. The winners were then decided via a rigorous reader-choice online poll carried out over a period of ten weeks, based on who garnered the highest number of votes. Overall, 2,690 readers participated, of which
MMC Ventures, a research-led VC investor, has launched a new GBP100 million Scale Up Fund to provide expansion capital to its later-stage portfolio companies.
The Scale Up Fund will provide primary capital to current portfolio companies that have grown beyond the mandate of MMC Ventures’ existing funds. The Scale Up Fund can also participate in secondary transactions, offering liquidity to early MMC and third-party investors. In this way, capital can flow back into the early-stage funding ecosystem while MMC takes a longer-term outlook.
The Scale Up Fund was raised from institutional investors with Bluetower Associates acting as an advisor and
Independent insurance broker Lockton has launched a Asia Pacific (APAC) Transactional Risks Division with two senior appointments – Will Seccombe as Business Leader based in Hong Kong, and Mindy Ng as Vice President based in Singapore.
Seccombe and Ng both arrive to Lockton from Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT). Seccombe, a 30-year veteran in the insurance sector, was most recently Managing Director of JLT Mergers and Acquisitions Group in Asia. Overall, he has 10 years’ experience leading insurance teams in the APAC region, as well as managerial roles in Japan and South Korea.
Ng’s was most recently working with JLT
British Patient Capital, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has committed USD45 million to Balderton Capital Fund VII, as it closes at USD400 million.
The fund will focus on the Series A stage to support outstanding founders at this critical point in a start-up’s journey.
As with previous funds, Balderton will be looking to invest in leading-edge technologies, as well as strong brands with demonstrable momentum. Balderton’s existing portfolio includes Revolut, a digital bank focusing on global spending and transfers, Cambridge-based Healx, which uses AI to accelerate development of treatments for rare diseases, and Infarm, one of the
A new report is predicting a big increase in the number of Indian tech ‘unicorns’ – privately held start-up companies valued at over USD 1 billion – from the current 30 to nearly 100 by 2025.
The inaugural India Tech Trends Report by mid-stage technology investment firm Iron Pillar reveals that while India generated almost one unicorn per year between 2011 to 2017, the number spiked to 11 in 2018, with 10 so far in 2019. Of the country’s current 30 tech unicorns, 21 of them were created in the last two years.
According to Iron Pillar partner Mohanjit
An increase in M&A activity in the current challenging economic environment is driving significant growth in demand for M&A insurance products, according to a new report by Aon.
The report – Insurance for M&A: a coming of age and an exciting future ahead – finds that following a decline in M&A activity after the 2008 financial crisis, the volume of deals reached pre-recession values in 2015 and has continued to increase. The recent economic environment has been favourable for M&A as interest rates remain low, company balance sheets are stronger, and deal activity rises significantly amongst private equity firms.
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