AI and leadership
14.01.2025 – Articles
Expert session leaders from a recent interactive seminar discuss demands placed on leadership as the industry adopts AI.
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77 results for "People & Talent"
The eternal fundraise
13.01.2025 – Articles
While in recent years, it might seem as though some fundraises have been never-ending, Rewire Partners founders Sarah Clarke and Anika Randawa Scott, believe the key to successful fundraising is to remain in sales mode, regardless of the fundraising cycle.
Op priorities for 2025
07.01.2025 – Podcasts & Videos
Holland Mountain’s Jeremy Hocter discusses scaling AUM without increasing headcount, the need for better data governance, how firms can leverage outsourcing and improve the effectiveness of their investment teams.
Op priorities
06.01.2025 – Articles
Jeremy Hoctor of Holland Mountain shares key operational priorities for 2025
Surviving the ski trip
03.01.2025 – Articles
Top tips from pros who have mastered the fine art of après ski
An IR team built for today and tomorrow
11.12.2024 – Articles
Karen Sands, COO of Federated Hermes Private Equity has transformed the firm’s IR team over the past 12 months, growing headcount from 1.6 to six FTEs, with a mix of skill sets, experience, professional qualifications and seniority. We spoke to Sands to find out how she did it and the impact it’s had so far.
A working guide to fund finance: interview with the authors
03.12.2024 – Podcasts & Videos
Say the authors: A working guide to fund finance caters to the whole ecosystem of the fund finance market. It is designed to be a working guide that people can easily understand and read whoever they are and wherever they’re from.
Book launch: A working guide to fund finance
03.12.2024 – Articles
The Line sat down with Rory Smith and Jeremy Cross to find out all about their new book, A working guide to fund finance.
Mood swings
03.12.2024 – Articles
Gen II’s Core Alternative Managers’ Mood Index (CAMMI) reveals GP optimism for 2025, other findings include continued talent and tech challenges as well as the most popular fund domiciles
High profile
26.11.2024 – Articles
The private equity social media playbook is emerging, begging the question; could your online presence genuinely influence fundraising and growth outcomes?
How to AML
19.11.2024 – Articles
Anti-money laundering regulations have powerfully ramped up in recent years. But given the persistently tough fundraising conditions, often pushing funds towards non-institutional investors and new jurisdictions, keeping on top of AML rules is becoming increasingly difficult.
How to SDR
13.11.2024 – Articles
Zeroing in on key SDR sticking points for UK funds and the parts of SDR firms are still in the process of implementing.
How to DORA
07.11.2024 – Articles
With the implementation date of the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) fast approaching on the 17th of January 2025, private equity firms are grappling with how to comply with the rules.
The Steve Darrington Series: ep 6 This time it’s personal
05.11.2024 – Articles
After five wonderful episodes covering all corners of Steve’s career and the private equity industry, in this episode we turn to Steve himself; covering poker, celebrity social circles and his three most important lessons in life.
How to AIFMD II
04.11.2024 – Articles
Coming into force on April 16, 2026, AIFMD II aims to raise standards in the private capital fund industry. Here we dig into the most complex and cumbersome updates.
Zero Lux given
23.10.2024 – Articles
Just as the UK looks to increase the tax rate on carried interest, Luxembourg has moved to attract talent with some major incentives.
The Steve Darrington Series: ep5 Tax and carry
15.10.2024 – Articles
In this episode, Steve Darrington, explores the most pressing topic for the UK industry right now: the tax treatment of carried interest.
The COO and succession
14.10.2024 – Articles
Federated Hermes’ COO Karen Sands details the technical side of the succession process, including LP communication, tackling regulatory requirements and managing change while maintaining stability.
The Steve Darrington Series: ep 4 The future of PE
09.10.2024 – Articles
In this episode, Steve Darrington, recently retired chief risk and finance officer of Phoenix Equity Partners, discusses the future business model of private equity firms, from the importance of harnessing data to growing AUM vs generating alpha.
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.