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07.04.2025 – Articles
Private market valuations have been under attack, and the industry is – perhaps unsurprisingly – defending its practices. Whichever way you look at it, the highly contentious topic will continue to steal focus as the public/private convergence continues.
01.04.2025 – Articles
Short-term thinking will lead to long-term pain.
24.03.2025 – Articles
There’s a lot of talk and excitement around tokenisation, but has it meaningfully materialised in private markets?
17.03.2025 – Articles
While fund managers operating in the UK and Europe are well-versed in cumbersome AML and KYC requirements, as the US regulator plays catch-up, stateside adoption is expected to be painful.
10.03.2025 – Articles
The FCA’s review of valuations in private markets found good practice, however, it found the industry lacking when it comes to independence and expertise. Here we unpick the constructive criticism.
05.03.2025 – Articles
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are sharpening their focus on fund expenses; they will find a series of tense manoeuvres between GPs and LPs.
03.03.2025 – Articles
Happy Bain Global Private Equity Report 2025 day!! Here’s a selection of our favourite, mind-blowing findings that make this report and its release day a key event in the industry calendar.
25.02.2025 – Articles
Designed to be simple and flexible, as well as a competitor to vehicles in rival European fund centres, is the UK’s Qualifying Asset Holding Company (QAHC), delivering on what it set out to achieve?
24.02.2025 – Articles
Survey finds inefficient and disconnected systems are bottlenecking productivity and potentially increasing compliance risks.
19.02.2025 – Articles
The Line is collaborating with IQ-EQ to better understand emerging trends and challenges faced by private markets’ CFOs.
18.02.2025 – Articles
As AI tools rapidly become more sophisticated, the ease with which cyber criminals can harness the technology increases in lockstep. For private capital funds, the threat presented by deepfakes is scarily real.
13.02.2025 – Articles
Holland Mountain’s Matt Guy walks through the differences between enterprise AI and AI embedded in specific applications, as well as how to think about adopting each type.
12.02.2025 – Articles
What does the UK’s new private share exchange PISCES mean for private markets?
10.02.2025 – Articles
New stats show GRESB’s popularity for portfolio valuation work when it comes to ESG and sustainability considerations.
04.02.2025 – Articles
Matt Guy, Holland Mountain and Kevin Muller, Coller Capital respond to concerns of AI deepening the risk of groupthink.
29.01.2025 – Articles
Education and success stories are key—showing people that mistakes are part of progress. Those unwilling to adapt will eventually be left behind.
27.01.2025 – Articles
GCM Grosvenor has just raised the largest debut fund for GP seeding. Here we take a quick dip into the rapidly growing GP seeding market, including a list of the key players.
22.01.2025 – Articles
There is a growing worry that AI’s ability to bypass manual tasks means juniors won’t fully grasp the nuances of private markets. Without that foundational understanding, their decision-making will always lack depth. Are they right to be concerned about this?
20.01.2025 – Articles
GP financing can be too costly or tricky to secure. Despite a handful of structural innovations coming to market, these solutions also favour larger managers, meaning small caps are increasingly being locked out of financing solutions.
17.01.2025 – Articles
The relatively nascent yet fast growing market is well on its way to bridging the gap between public and private investment spheres.