The offshore shift
17.06.2025 – Articles
Why more and more GPs are moving entire functions to offshore locations.
Topics
Raising the bar on valuation governance
10.06.2025 – Articles
The FCA’s recent review into private market valuations has certainly brought renewed focus to the topic of governance in private fund structures, writes Kroll’s Ryan McNelley, who asserts that regardless of scheduled or ad hoc, valuation governance must be tightened.
Turning up the tech in times of uncertainty
09.06.2025 – Articles
Firms focused on upgrading and automating their finance and ops functions will win out in these stubbornly uncertain and volatile times, write Andre Boreas of Quadsight.
Making it pay: The rise and realities of employee co-investment schemes
04.06.2025 – Articles
Done right, employee co-investment schemes are more than just a perk. They can serve as a talent magnet, a retention tool, and a trust signal to LPs.
Three key fund admin trends GPs need to stay on top of
03.06.2025 – Contributors
According to Holland Mountain’s Eunice Cho, by leveraging advanced data solutions and improving their partnerships with administrators, fund managers more effectively position themselves for scalability, efficiency, and adaptability amidst increasing complexity.
THE LINE UP_ Chris Hardy, Headway Capital
02.06.2025 – Articles
Collaboration across teams, data management, and networking with peers are all essential for the future of the finance function, according to Headway’s Chris Hardy, in the latest episode of our Next Gen initiative: THE LINE UP_
Let it all out
28.05.2025 – Articles
Take part in qashqade’s summer survey for the chance to win a Qi10 driver – the same model Rory McIlroy used to win the 2025 Masters.
How the UK’s AIFMR proposals misdiagnose private capital markets
27.05.2025 – Articles
The UK risks becoming a regulatory museum; preserving an obsolete EU framework while global capital flies ever more rapidly to the EU and jurisdictions embracing commercial pragmatism.
Automated investor onboarding has landed
21.05.2025 – Articles
Thanks to a collaboration between Passthrough and BlackRock’s Aladdin® eFront platform the industry moves closer to a “buy now” model for alternatives.
Upgrading the investor experience with Stephanie Flooks
20.05.2025 – Podcasts & Videos
Will there ever be a time when cat memes are an acceptable form of investor communications?
Survey says: tech to the rescue
13.05.2025 – Articles
Comparing and contrasting recent surveys from CSC and Dynamo highlight the industry’s intensifying focus on increasing its tech capabilities.
Making it pay: Performance related bonuses
12.05.2025 – Articles
The first instalment of a new series focused on rewards, remuneration and incentives for private markets professionals; here we explore the growing trend of performance related pay.
THE LINE UP_ Rachael Rickwood, Northzone
08.05.2025 – Podcasts & Videos
Kicking off our next gen initiative, THE LINE UP_ founding member Rachael Rickwood, FD of Northzone, takes us through her career journey so far.
The next generation needs better
06.05.2025 – Articles
The industry is failing the next generation of finance and operational professionals; here’s what we’re doing about it.
Boutique managers are winning over LPs
30.04.2025 – Articles
Size once signalled strength. Today, bigger isn’t always better.
Fee convergence on continuation vehicles
29.04.2025 – Articles
According to new stats, management fees on CVs are beginning to converge, while sponsor commitments are reducing.
George Ralph on AI’s double edged sword in cybersecurity
24.04.2025 – Podcasts & Videos
“The risk is now very real.”
Reset and refresh: the economic joys of continuation vehicles
22.04.2025 – Articles
A CV is perhaps the fastest route to managing a new and large fund, which in turn means almost instant fee generation.
Winning hearts and minds of LPs
15.04.2025 – Articles
Key findings from Houlihan Lokey’s LP Compass translated into strategies for boosting capital raising effectiveness, including the attractiveness of co-investments, reduced fees and most favoured investment focuses.
How to become a compliance influencer
14.04.2025 – Articles
Nine practical steps chief compliance officers can take to move away from the department of no and instead lead people towards good behaviours.