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Specialist insurance provider CFC has added to its transaction liability suite of products with the launch of a new solution aimed to simplify and speed up the process for private equity firms and businesses pursuing a portfolio of add-on acquisitions for existing or newly acquired platform companies.“While the timing, size and investment strategy behind each portfolio varies, every business looking to purchase add-ons to their platform companies wants a streamlined, efficient process. Having to negotiate a new transaction liability policy for each acquisition adds unnecessary time not to mention cost. We’ve built a solution that gives buyers and sellers the
A new Investcorp white paper outlines the key economic benefits and growth opportunities that could be brought about by a third wave of productivity improvements driven by digital automation.Digital Process Automation: Driver of future economic growth, the latest in Investcorp’s Insights series, explores the value creation opportunities that the growing digital automation industries present, looking to machine-learning, AI, data lakes and business applications. Digital automation addresses a critical need for most companies allowing them to increase output and optimise costs, leading to both new revenue opportunities and higher profitability. Although the sector has shown itself to be crucial to growth
CubeLogic, a provider of enterprise risk management solutions for the energy, commodities and financial markets, has closed a significant minority investment deal with Growth Capital Partners (GCP) for an undisclosed amount.
eVestment has released a new reporting module for private equity GPs within its track record analytics and management tool, TopQ. TopQ’s new Excel Report Builder equips users to re-create their clients’ report templates in the app, choosing the specific data points and configurations required. In a matter of clicks, GPs can then export their latest fund performance into pre-formatted outputs that align with individual client requirements, saving time and equipping them with a more responsive reporting process.
“Providing insights to both GPs and LPs has been the mission of the TopQ product since day one,” says Graeme Faulds, Director of
Sandberg Capital acquires a 35 per cent stake in Czech company Revolgy Business Solutions. The management team stays on board and continues to lead the company.
Stephen Schwarzman, the Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, believes that companies will respond and diversify their supply chains, with the coronavirus lockdown exposing risks that previously might not have been factored in.
Such has been the severity of Covid-19, countries have been forced to close their doors over the last few months, with China leading the way back in January.
Speaking on this week’s Bloomberg Invest Global digital summit, Schwarzman said that China was so good at manufacturing and establishing effective supply lines that for a number of companies, who couldn’t get supplies due to China being closed earlier in
AcordIQ, a specialist in automated Waterfall administration software and services for private equity fund managers and administrators, has announced a new cloud-based Waterfall verification shadow service.Waterfall calculations and associated fund administration tasks are one of the most important yet complex areas in private equity fund administration. Having an independent verification from a trusted source is a vital step for managers as they are all trying to keep pace through these extraordinary times with increased investor concern of their investments and regulatory scrutiny. Errors are quite common with the use of Excel and as a result, can often lead to operational
UK-based legal technology provider Apperio – a specialist in automated legal spend tracking, management and analysis – is expanding its sales operation in the United States.
Apperio’s sales team is actively pursuing in-house corporate legal department business in America, coast-to-coast. The company is initially targeting legal departments of both corporate enterprises with USD5 million or greater legal spend and private equity (PE) investment firms.
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Apperio’s early US sales efforts have already brought success. Corporate legal departments of prominent PE firms on both coasts have recently purchased Apperio and are in various
Allocator, an investment data and technology company, has secured a significant amount of growth capital from the leading provider of independent investment research, Morningstar, in exchange for a minority stake in the company.As part of the transaction, Brett Kaluza, Vice President of Customer Success at PitchBook has been appointed to Allocator’s Board of Directors. PitchBook is a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar and premier data provider for the private and public equity markets.
Allocator was founded by former investors in alternative funds, who recognised the need for comprehensive fund data as well as data management tools to improve the
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UK VC reserves of GBP8.4bn could provide crucial funding as country emerges from crisis, says British Patient Capital
UK VC reserves of GBP8.4bn could provide crucial funding as country emerges from crisis, says British Patient Capital