FRONTLINE 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Hamilton Lane contracts Vantage ReportingHamilton Lane, a US alternative asset management firm, has contracted Vantage Reporting, a provider of software products, to enhance its global client development. The Vantage Reporting products include
John Harris is leaving The Carlyle Group after having spent more than a decade with the firm.
China's new guidelines for pre-merger antitrust filings still leave many questions unanswered.
The customer is king 2008-05-01 Staff Writer The longevity of any private equity firm depends on its ability to raise capital for investment. This depends first and foremost on the manager's track record as an investor. <italic>Ceteris paribus,</italic> if the track record is good and the people
Here are the top five ways private equity firms are using technology to track portfolio company performance. By Greg Woolf, Vantage Reporting
Fair value is the rule. Now comes the hard part – creating a system for consistently measuring the fair value of your portfolio companies. CFOs weigh in on how they blend art with science in search of the right approach.
How does a firm convince its dealmakers to input their daily activities into a front office tracking system? By tying this task to deal attribution – the key ingredient in compensation and investment career-building.
As their technology needs evolve, private equity firms need to know how to bring together the right mix of in-house professionals and third-party vendors.
Ropes & Gray has opened their Chicago office with a trio of vets from Mayer Brown.
Born of a major secondary deal with Lucent, New Venture Partners' deal team now spend their days combing through the R&D labs of British Telecom and Royal Philips Electronics, among others, looking for hidden – and potentially profitable – gems.