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Oct
Investor RelationsOperations Excellence How to Find Private Equity Fundraising Success: Assessing Investor and Fund Fit by Cameron Nicol, Senior Marketing Manager - eVestment Private Markets This is the second of a three-part blog series for private markets investor relations professionals, exploring how to find and utilize various key sources of information on the private equity [...]
16
Oct
Analytics Best PracticesOperations Excellence Gaining Deeper Insight into Private Equity Value Creation with IRR Attribution Analysis The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) has several well documented issues but remains the most commonly used measure of private market performance. One of the most commonly cited issues relates to how early strong performance can ‘bake in’ a [...]
04
Oct
Investor RelationsOperations Excellence How to Find Private Equity Fundraising Success: Understanding the Market by Cameron Nicol, Senior Marketing Manager - eVestment Private Markets This is the first of a three-part blog series exploring how to find and utilize various key sources of information on the private equity market, US public plan investors and other fund [...]
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Sep
Investor Relations US Pension Plans’ Private Markets Activity – Summer 2018 Recap US Pension Plans’ Private Markets Activity – Summer 2018 Recap September 26th, 2018 Derived from intelligence available in eVestment Private Markets, each month we highlight the top news and activity from North American and U.K. public pension plans across their private markets programs. While [...]
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Aug
Industry Insights eVestment Private Markets on the Private Equity Funcast eVestment Private Markets on the Private Equity Funcast August 23, 2018 The Private Equity Funcast is an industry-famous podcast series hosted by Jim Milbery and Devan Matthews, Partners at ParkerGale - a private equity firm focused on lower/middle-market technology buyouts. eVestment's Graeme Faulds (Director of [...]
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Jul
Industry Insights eVestment Private Markets Wins Drawdown Magazine Award eVestment Private Markets Wins Drawdown Magazine Award June 21, 2018 eVestment’s Private Markets platform won a Drawdown Magazine 2018 Private Equity Services Award at the magazine’s recent event held at London’s Plaisterers Hall. eVestment won in the category of “Innovative Product/Service: GP-LP Relations.” This award recognized innovative [...]
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May
Operations Excellence Majority of Alts Admin Firms Expect Industry Consolidation Majority of Alts Admin Firms Expect Industry Consolidation May 9th, 2018 A majority of alternative fund administration firms – 74% – expect consolidation in the alts fund admin space, according to the just-released eVestment Alternative Fund Administration 2018 survey. This is up dramatically from the [...]
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Apr
Fund Investor Insights New Survey Looks at Key Concerns in Private Markets in 2018 New Survey Looks at Key Concerns in Private Markets in 2018 April 25th, 2018 Valuations of portfolio companies are a top concern among 60% of private equity investors and their consultants this year. Dry powder was the No. 2 top concern, [...]
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Mar
Investor Relations Private Markets Fundraising Workshops – Key Takeaways Recap Private Markets Fundraising Workshops – Key Takeaways Recap March 22nd, 2018 In early March, private markets professionals joined eVestment in New York and Chicago for our private markets fundraising workshops. These brief sessions explored new eVestment research findings on investor and consultants’ due diligence practices, [...]
13
Mar
Investor Relations eVestment Adds U.K. Pension Intelligence to Public Plan IQ eVestment Adds U.K. Pension Intelligence to Public Plan IQ March 13, 2018 “Public Plan IQ users have frequently asked us when we’ll be launching coverage of public pensions in other countries,” said Debra Gregory, founder and head of eVestment’s Public Plan IQ solution. “That day [...]