by Nicholas Donato | Mar 6, 2018 | Asset Management, Fund of Funds, Hedge Fund, Mezzanine, Placement Agent, Private Equity, Private Equity Real Estate, Venture Capital
The path to institutional capital can seem murky at best. With few clear guidelines – and few straightforward success stories – a number of common misconceptions about the fundraising process persist in the market. These notions were revealed in a recent...
by Matt Springer | Oct 26, 2017 | Asset Management, Cloud Computing, Fund of Funds, Hedge Fund, M&A, Mezzanine, Private Equity, Private Equity Real Estate, Venture Capital
As an experienced London-based cloud professional, who frequently travels to New York, I’ve noticed that on average, US investment firms seem to be more tech-savvy than their London counterparts. A US-based investment banker can work on their deals right from their...
by Nicholas Donato | Aug 28, 2017 | Asset Management, Cloud Computing, Fund of Funds, Hedge Fund, M&A, Mezzanine, Private Equity, Private Equity Real Estate, Venture Capital
Smaller financial firms like private equity shops, hedge funds and M&A boutiques may be able to avoid a cybersecurity headache plaguing their larger counterparts in the financial services sector. A new data security study discovered that websites run by some of...
by Nicholas Donato | Jun 5, 2017 | Asset Management, Fund of Funds, Hedge Fund, Mezzanine, Private Equity, Private Equity Real Estate
This week the House will vote on a bill to roll back much of the Dodd-Frank Act. Important to our audience is a provision to exempt private equity and hedge fund managers from SEC registration. This should be good news since compliance costs have soared in the...
by Nicholas Donato | Oct 6, 2016 | Asset Management, Fund of Funds, Hedge Fund, Mezzanine, Private Equity, Private Equity Real Estate, Venture Capital
Even four years on from Dodd-Frank pushing most of the industry under the SEC’s spotlight in 2012, private fund managers still have plenty of questions about what it takes to clear the exam process. The SEC has developed a deeper understanding of the industry’s...
by Nicholas Donato | Sep 19, 2016 | Asset Management, Fund of Funds, Hedge Fund, Mezzanine, Private Equity, Private Equity Real Estate, Venture Capital
It remains to be seen, but speculation is building in the private funds industry that business continuity planning is the SEC’s next exam focus area. As a financial services industry cloud provider, Navatar takes the topic of business continuity planning seriously....
