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Private Equity Wire’s Technology Summit continued on Thursday, where LPs and GPs explored themes around digitisation and how the adoption of new tech is shaping private equity.
Private markets solutions specialist the StepStone Group has become an Alliance Partner of The ID Register, which offers investors streamlined subscription, KYC and FATCA-CRS services that meet high global standards.
Approved investors can subscribe into new private markets funds without having to repeatedly provide their subscription materials and KYC information.
As an independent hub, The ID Register is trusted by over 25,000 investors and 270 clients as the onboarding authority across the private markets and beyond. Recently regulated in Guernsey, The ID Register is a compelling and efficient solution for all private market participants:
• Investors are approved once in
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Private Equity Wire’s Technology Summit kicked off on Wednesday, an event that will look at how digitisation and the adoption of new technologies are shaping the world of private equity and some of the future trends in private equity tech.
The “private debt” bucket within the fund industry has seen tremendous growth, opportunity, and evolution over the last few years, with no signs of slowing down. The definition and composition of the private debt space has expanded in both breadth and depth, which has led to exciting operational considerations.
Private debt is used as a broad term for all non-listed debt and credit portfolios. “It is a resilient asset class due to its diverse make-up and ability to remain relevant and attractive to investors during all market cycles,” says Jorge Hendrickson, Chief Revenue Officer at Opus Fund Services.
For context,
The complexity of how private debt funds are structured and managed is increasing. Cost and expenses related to private debt funds are also becoming more intricate. Newly launches, in particular, need to identify where to keep their expenses low and use their budget in ways to help maximise their output.
“As managers move into new asset classes, they need an accounting system to handle them. In cases where the client is still building their fund, they may need to hire additional staff to manage multiple accounting solutions, which comes at a cost,” highlights Aani Nerlekar (pictured), Director, Solutions Consulting at
By Scott Turley (pictured), Broadridge Financial Solutions – Private debt is expected to be one of the few asset-class winners of the Covid-19 crisis. As institutional investors struggle to obtain decent returns due to low interest rates and irrationally priced equity markets, many are turning to private debt managers to improve performance.
Texture Capital, an institutional marketplace for private capital, has formed a partnership with Vertalo, a digital asset data management platform and SEC-registered transfer agent, to collaborate on solutions to develop the digital securities ecosystem.
Texture Capital has integrated with Vertalo’s technology sandbox, including token issuance, cap table management, and transfer agency services. Vertalo’s Direct Ownership and Direct Listing Platform are transforming the private asset ownership space and, paired with Texture Capital’s technology-driven marketplace, will help to streamline current market structure via Texture’s Alternative Trading System (ATS).
The opportunity to digitise securities on a global scale is escalating as the market
JP Jenkins, an established UK trading platform for private companies, has launched a new online trading platform JPJ Direct.
The Company has created an ecosystem for a secondary market, giving greater visibility and liquidity to unquoted private companies and encouraging wider share ownership through two different routes to market.
Coinciding with the platform’s 30th Anniversary, the newly launched online trading platform, JPJ Direct, offers private companies a direct shareholder investment facility allowing for fast, efficient online trading without requiring a broker or intermediary, making it simpler than ever to buy and sell private company shares.
JPJ Direct will now
Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) showed extraordinary resilience in 2020 despite the challenges of the pandemic, according to a new survey of VCT managers conducted by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).
In the survey, which was conducted between 1 December 2020 and 6 January 2021, 40 per cent of managers said trading conditions for their investee companies had improved since January 2020 with a further 27 per cent saying conditions were unchanged. Reflecting this, the average VCT delivered a positive total return of 4 per cent in 2020, while the FTSE All Share delivered a 10 per cent loss in
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