Solutions
By A Paris — General partners (GPs) have a raft of technology solutions to choose from when looking to make sure their cybersecurity infrastructure is robust. Deploying state-of-the-art technology which meets the needs of the organisation and provides the security necessary is vital for GPs to continue operating, both from a regulatory point of view and also to ensure they continue to attract capital.
Given its inherently analytical nature, private equity is well placed to include environment, social and governance (ESG) factors in its investment process. The challenge lies in making sure the data being collected is relevant and material. This hurdle needs to be conquered as investors are starting to pass over managers who are not taking this matter seriously.
“It would be amazing if there were clear-cut answers to what needs to be collected and measured, but the truth is it’s usually context specific,” highlights Kylie Ford, principal consultant – ESG at Goby. “As a result, many PE managers get stuck not
As the ultimate black swan event hit the world in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic, private equity managers came to understand the necessity of including scenario analysis in their investment process.
The past year has taught the world to expect the unexpected. Private equity managers have learnt to be adaptable and nimble in the face of challenging circumstances. However, although no one can predict the future, data analytics and tools are evolving to help managers map potential future risks and outcomes. New functionality is also being considered in view of the growing appetite for private credit investments.
By A Paris – Private equity may have, historically, lagged the broader financial industry when it comes to the adoption of technology and automation. But as more data becomes available, reporting and transparency requirements on behalf of limited partners (LPs) ramp up and firms continue to diversify their investments, access to analytical tools and the expertise to use them is fast becoming a necessity.
“Technology has become, as we see in the industry and generally in our society, such a big part of pretty much every industry, including ours,” comments Mike Lo Parrino, EY Americas Financial Services Organization Private Equity Leader, in
Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) is to partner with FTSE 100 Informa PLC to create a financial data and technology provider by bringing together two complementary businesses: Informa Financial Intelligence’s Financial Benchmarking & Omnichannel Experience (FBX) business and Novantas Inc, a financial data services company.
The investment is being made by Inflexion’s dedicated minority investment fund, Partnership Capital II.
In an innovative transaction structure, Inflexion will partner with Informa PLC, to create a new business that combines the brands and operations of FBX and Novantas, establishing a leading position in the provision of retail banking data, intelligence and software solutions,
Antarctica Capital, an international private equity firm has formed EarthDaily Analytics (EarthDaily), an integrated data processing and analytics company offering advanced digital products and analytics for delivery to the world’s rapidly expanding global agricultural industry.
EarthDaily Analytics utilises satellites to collect vast amounts of raw imagery of the Earth’s surface. Its market leading, proprietary cloud-based data processing software automatically transforms that raw imagery into scientific grade analytics-ready, calibrated image products and analytics. The company’s digital agriculture platform, Geosys, provides customer-facing tools that deliver actionable proprietary information and insights to agriculture businesses to manage risk and improve profitability. EarthDaily’s technology solutions
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed a USD25 million growth equity investment in Basis Technologies, a specialist provider of DevOps and test automation software for SAP systems.
Organisations across the world use Basis Technologies’ DevOps technology to support the transition from legacy on premise SAP software to modern cloud-hosted SAP systems, and to increase agility through fast, effective delivery of business innovation. The company provides the only complete automated DevOps and testing platform engineered for SAP and serves global enterprise customers including BP, Procter & Gamble and Booking.com, helping them to accelerate time to market, adopt new development methods and
Private equity-backed and family-owned businesses are significantly behind listed companies in gender diversity at board level, with women making up just 13 per cent and 10 per cent of boards respectively at these businesses versus 34 per cent at FTSE 350 companies, says New Street Consulting Group, the leadership and people solutions consultancy.
Large listed companies have been under pressure from group such as the Fawcett Society and Women On Boards to improve gender diversity for many years, while privately-held businesses have received less scrutiny.
In 2016, the Hampton-Alexander Review was set up to ensure FTSE 350 companies reached
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