People Moves

A New York-based private equity firm focusing on consumer companies has hired its first CFO.

Her hiring is part of the firm’s expansion on the West Coast.

Recruitment and outsourcing are both increasing as back offices struggle to cope with investor demands.

Fund managers continue to enjoy a buoyant market – and back office teams are facing unprecedented demand as a result. We invited five industry leaders to discuss how technology, outsourcing and recruitment strategies can help ease the pressure.

A booming market has led firms to ramp up fundraising like never before.

No Limit Capital CEO Neno Raic believes his firm has created a more efficient and cost-effective financing approach.

Some PE firms learned that CEOs who showed a good combination of empathy and energy led their teams through the crisis, and the ones that showed too little of either really struggled.

Blackstone hires senior MD to handle banking relationships

'Plan ahead' is the byword for CFOs in charge of managing subscription credit lines and bank relationships, as higher staff turnover and changes in risk appetite at lenders have accompanied an evolution into an otherwise more transparent market.

The report predicts the tax could see the PE/VC industry shrink by nearly 20%, with failures of many PE and venture-backed firms.