June 2016 Issue

Richard Hickman, director at HarbourVest’s listed vehicle HVPE, discusses the intricacies of marketing shares in a publicly traded portfolio.

The government has announced headline changes to the way companies can seek tax relief on financing costs; let the lobbying commence.

Richard Hickman, director at HarbourVest’s listed vehicle HVPE, discusses the intricacies of marketing shares in a publicly traded portfolio.

The government has announced headline changes to the way companies can seek tax relief on financing costs; let the lobbying commence.

As regulators increase their scrutiny on cybersecurity, pfm and advisor eSentire polled the industry, to see whether firms are prepared if the worst happens.

This month saw The Only Running Footman, a historic pub much loved by private fund folk close and fund houses use former CIA agents to coach fund managers in the art of interrogation.  

Partners Group is the latest firm seeking to harness technology to communicate with investors. pfm talks to the firm’s CTO, Raymond Schnidrig, about what a reporting app needs to have and the risks involved.

The worst time to court new investors is while fundraising. Instead, the process begins well before then, so they already feel like a current LP when the GP finally asks for that first commitment.

Neither the SEC nor private equity firms were quite sure what the regulator wanted when reviews began, but some clarity is at last beginning to emerge.

The World Economic Forum is asking limited partners to drive a cultural shift to push more women to the forefront of the industry.