From back-office automation and enhanced decision making to managing risk and portfolio optimisation, fund service providers are increasingly looking at the potential for sophisticated AI tools to help maximise returns and achieve investor goals
An increasingly fragmented geopolitical landscape combined with advances in technology and greater emphasis on integrating ESG principles has heightened focus on corporate governance in the funds sector
PE firms that have taken steps to strengthen their value creation expertise and embraced AI and data analytics to improve their strategic decision-making will be best placed to optimise value at the point of exit
Increasing demands and expectations from limited partners (LPs) have led to more private equity firms sub-contracting specialist support to meet clients' needs while ensuring regulatory and reporting compliance
For the vast majority of private capital fund managers, a degree of cost rationalisation and revision of their operating model for the future was necessary last year
With digital assets and tokenisation becoming increasingly accepted as the future by both investors and managers globally, in 2024 we will undoubtedly start to see a pick-up in activity in this space
Your tax compliance data can be leveraged for more than simply filing tax returns and your process should deliver the ability to transform those tax compliance data into actionable decision-support information
The time when returns from a market multiple uplift were easy to come by has ended, posing a challenge to PE firms who now require more EBITDA growth in order to pass their carry hurdle
The volume and diversity of available data for alternative assets is expanding rapidly, offering managers a wealth of information to inform investment decisions and optimise operations. For general partners (GPs), ensuring transparency, quality, and easy access to data has never been more critical
For Europe to thrive and take advantage of the $1trn space opportunity, it needs to create conditions in which companies can compete, drive up equality, shed inefficiencies, and motivate each other to be better
There will be industry concern about the prospect of having to overhaul existing SFDR-compliant systems following the investment made over the last few years