Career advice series: Moving job? Key considerations
30.07.2025 – Articles
Part three of our career advice series for next-generation finance and operations talent with Khuram Bajwa, Partner, One Ten Associates.
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Why insurance is private equity’s biggest blind spot
15.07.2025 – Articles
Bruce Hepburn and Steve Darrington of Mactavish dive into why insurance is one of the most overlooked, and potentially dangerous, blind spots in private equity.
Career advice series: How to stand out and step up
14.07.2025 – Articles
In the first of our career advice series for next-generation finance and operations talent, we spoke with Khuram Bajwa, Partner at specialist recruiter One Ten Associates, about career paths, skills that stand out, and what it really takes to get ahead.
Have your say: Take part in IQ-EQ’s CFO survey
19.02.2025 – Articles
The Line is collaborating with IQ-EQ to better understand emerging trends and challenges faced by private markets’ CFOs.
AI and talent in 2024 and beyond
18.12.2024 – Articles
At a recent interactive seminar event, operational leaders explored the impact AI could have on junior talent. Three clear themes stood out; the advancement of AI applications is impacting teams differently, some leaders are embracing AI opportunities (while others are not), and some GPs are bringing in new kinds of skillsets as they further their adoption of AI.
Ripple effect: digital supply chain concentration
21.10.2024 – Articles
As private equity firms double down on sector-focused investment strategies, thanks to today’s reliance on expansive digital infrastructures, a cyber breach at one external vendor or service provider in this complex digital supply chain can have devastating effects on an entire portfolio.
The Steve Darrington Series: ep3 Risk philosophy
01.10.2024 – Articles
In this episode Steve explains how his particular outlook on risk evolved, the roots of which trace back to a formative litigious incident in his early career.
The Steve Darrington Series: ep2 20+years of PE
24.09.2024 – Articles
In this episode, Steve looks back over his 20-plus year career in private equity; he talks about how the industry was back when he started out and how it’s changed up into this point.
Career path of most resistance
23.07.2024 – Articles
Challenging market conditions add new pressures on already overloaded CFOs.
Consolidation and the CFO
22.07.2024 – Articles
“If I were to do this again, I would do it differently.”
Consolidation is happening and set to continue growing, but its impact on the finance and operational team is being overlooked.