Preqin, a specialist in alternative investment industry data and insight, has launched a significant update to its Company Intelligence solution – the latest product in its private markets data offering which launched in April 2022.  The release of an upgraded deal database includes an enhanced deal: search, history tables, and new buyout profiles. Customers now have a complete view of the private capital lifecycle with interconnected company, fund, and performance data, increasing their ability to make investment decisions with confidence.  A key concern to emerge since last year lies in rising interest rates; companies with limited to no cash flow

As part of its ongoing effort to professionalise the global alternative investment space, the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association is now providing  bundled access to its curriculum beginning with candidates planning to sit for the March 2023 CAIA exam.

JonesTrading Institutional Services (JonesTrading), a global banking and brokerage firm, has formed a strategic relationship with Boldwater Partners (Boldwater) to develop its capital introduction services offering.

Affinity, a relationship intelligence platform for dealmakers, has expanded the Affinity Data offering with insights on over 10 million founders, executives, and experts, including data points like industry, job function, seniority, education, job titles, and years of experience.  This new data provides deeper insight into the people in a dealmaker’s network to connect the research and dealmaking process in one centralised system: Affinity CRM. With Affinity Data dealmakers can quickly evaluate people in their network to screen deals or identify potential investments, find experts to support due diligence or portfolio companies, and make decisions faster.   Automatically capturing and enriching

Independent provider of fund and corporate services, the Aztec Group, has launched a streamlined due diligence and verification platform for its clients and their investors.  Aztec Verify brings together market-leading technology into one service, automating the due diligence process for a faster and more efficient experience while ensuring full regulatory compliance. As a result, Aztec Verify will make the onboarding process as seamless as possible for clients and investors.  The key benefits include: fast and efficient client due diligence approvals; access to data and documents on demand, available 24/7 through a secure portal; real-time updates for clients and investors on

Tokeny, a Luxembourg-based tokenisation platform, has parthereadw with Ownera, provider of a global inter-trading network based on the open-source FinP2P protocol, to distribute tokenised assets over the Ownera FinP2P network. The digital securities industry is growing fast but has lacked a common global distribution network for connecting issuers, investors, exchanges, and other market participants. As a result, the rate of institutional adoption and investor access to high-quality digital assets has been limited up until now. Ownera brought the industry together to develop the FinP2P open-source routing protocol to solve this problem by orchestrating the instant exchange of digital assets held

Novata, an ESG data platform built for the private markets, and S&P Global Market Intelligence, a provider of information services and solutions to the global markets, have formed a strategic partnership to provide private market investors with a holistic data solution that simplifies the process of collecting both financial and ESG data. Through this partnership, Novata’s platform will be made available for S&P Global Market Intelligence customers to bridge their ESG data with financial data in order to provide a single source of insights. This proposed integration will help market participants make informed decisions about how ESG drives financial outcomes,

AUA Private Equity Partners (AUA), a lower-middle market investment firm focused on family owned, and Hispanic and/or multi-cultural oriented companies within the consumer products and consumer services sectors, has partnered with outsourced Chief Financial Officer, Bridge Alternative Investment Solutions. The new tie-up will allow AUA to leverage Bridge Alternatives’ expertise in finance, accounting, and technology to maximize performance and reporting.  Bridge Alternatives will serve as AUA’s full back office, including Controller and CFO functions and allow AUA to leverage Bridge Alternatives’ expertise in finance, accounting, and technology to maximise performance and reporting. 

Drawbridge, a provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, has completed its SOC 2 Type II audit, performed by KirkpatrickPrice.