November 2015 Issue

News and views too good not to share...

News and views too good not to share...

We challenge compliance consultant Todd Cipperman to explain whether or not firms should keep evidence from a mock inspection.

Investors are willing to pay for performance, but that doesn’t mean the push to align interests via fees is at an end.

ESMA’s recent endorsement of Jersey and Guernsey for the AIFMD common passport is a positive turn of events for the Channel Islands, write Alter Domus directors Spencer Wells and Mark Vidamour.

Level 20, a new women’s network of industry professionals, is taking a fresh approach to improving gender diversity in private equity – and wants to see 20 percent of senior industry roles filled by women by 2020.

Private equity events are going digital – and never looking back, Concise managing director James Shepheard-Walwyn tells pfm.

We pose four hypothetical budgeting challenges to CFOs to learn the best ways to fix those unexpected setbacks, including what to do when investment activity dries up one quarter after a surge of executed transactions.

Senior managers still falling for phishing scams, limited insurance policies and vendors seeking to standardize DDQs were among the cybersecurity-related takeaways at the 2015 PE/VC Compliance Forum.

Failing to follow-up with LPs after an onsite visit and discussing portfolio management as a subject wholly distinct from operations are among some of the mistakes GPs make during LP due diligence reviews.

The group’s latest initiative to standardize reporting will soon be open for consultation – not everyone’s convinced it can work, but it’s worth their while to engage and help advance best practice.

Mega-firms being made an example and the SEC taking a more aggressive approach to enforcement are among the takeaways from the Blackstone monitoring fees case

GPs know what LPs they like best, and aren’t afraid to use a little psychology to get what they want. Is that a good thing?