Solutions
Fund finance is witnessing exponential growth, but this comes with escalating operational requirements for sponsors and lenders as they scale these facilities. Sumit Gupta, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Oxane Partners – named New Solution of the Year at the Private Equity Wire European Credit Awards for its leverage facility management solution – shares how sponsors and lenders can unlock scalability as they grow.
Aztec Group caters for the fund administration and structuring needs of many leading private credit fund managers. Kevin Hogan (pictured), Head of Fund Services Ireland and Group Head of Private Credit, highlights some of the current challenges facing managers and how Aztec’s expertise and investment in technology can help them meet those challenges…
BNY, one of the world’s largest alternative asset servicing firms, was named as the winner of the Custodian Service of the Year category at the 2024 Private Equity Wire European Credit Awards. Elliott Brown, Global Head of Alternatives for Fund Services, outlines some of the challenges and opportunities in the private credit space.
BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin, a UK-based independent provider of private markets data for £2.55bn ($3.2bn) in cash, combining Preqin’s data and research tools with Aladdin’s workflow functions into a single platform.
Consideration of ESG factors is not new to private equity. While in the past firms predominantly integrated ESG factors from a risk management perspective, ESG is now widely seen for its potential to drive value creation. Danesmead ESG’s Harriet O’Brien discusses three ways integrating ESG into your strategy can create value.
Preqin, a specialist provider of alternative assets data, tools and insights, has launched Transaction Intelligence. It is available to clients through the firm’s platform, Preqin Pro, or as a standalone product.
Firms that use solutions like Intapp DealCloud have an advantage when it comes to executing ESG investment strategies. For one, they provide the advanced analytics and reporting firms need to prioritise investment opportunities based on ESG criteria. By consolidating ESG data in one platform, they allow firms to monitor ESG performance across portfolio companies and identify areas for improvement.
Global financial services provider, Apex Group, has further expanded its footprint across the Middle East with the opening of a new office in Saudi Arabia providing a full range of management, advisory and operational services and solutions.
Europe’s largest independent alternative fund administrator Aztec Group has launched an Alternative Investment Fund Manager service in Luxembourg providing services to alternative investment managers who seek to establish and manage European funds.
Vistra has secured authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland to provide fund administration services from Ireland. To support the expansion, Vistra Funds Services (Ireland) has appointed Aimee Gill, CEO and Head of Fund Accounting; Paul McDonald, Head of Investor Services; and Jacqueline Evbodaghe, Head of Risk and Compliance.
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
