Six Predictions for Private Equity in 2023
Lionpoint's Private Markets Advisory Team shares six predictions for the private equity space for 2023 and how to best assist GPs.
The Cost of Tech Stagnation and How to Avoid It
What is the cost of digital stagnation? Here are four examples as compiled by Lionpoint Group and Nova
Real Assets Technology Strategy Part II: Implementing for Change
Technology implementation is a critical process and should be seen as an opportunity to enact real, positive change in the business.
Read the Report: Portfolio Monitoring Roundtable Findings
Lionpoint has hosted a series of roundtable sessions discussing Portfolio Monitoring (“PM”) across the Private Equity industry. The objective across the three sessions was to share experiences, both pain points and positive, and to engage in constructive discussion on the topic of PM, its technology, and its use cases.
Leveraging Data & Technology to Drive Real Results in Real Assets: Part I
Whether managers are focused on building resiliency to weather market instability, attracting new sources of capital, or demonstrating a strong ESG record, data is at the center of the strategies that will be required to address these critical goals.
Bridging the Data Divide: A Focus on Total Portfolio View
A consolidated, firm-wide view can be leveraged to commercialize data and aid in compliance, exposure, risk, performance analysis, and enhanced decision making.
The Path to Successfully Implementing a Portfolio Monitoring System in Private Equity
Portfolio monitoring tools play a significant role in managing portfolio risk by improving performance and increasing transparency. Hence, careful consideration should be given while selecting the right tool to put in place.
Anaplan Best Practices: Process and Import IDs
When setting up data integrations in Anaplan, the process or import actions are often referred to by name. However, this practice isn't robust and can cause process failures if names are changed in the model.
How to Choose the Best Portfolio Monitoring System for Your Business
Portfolio monitoring tools play a significant role in managing portfolio risk by improving performance and increasing transparency. Hence, careful consideration should be given while selecting the right tool to put in place.
Watch: How Blackstone Utilizes Anaplan
Watch Lionpoint's Mitch Max speak with Blackstone and Anaplan in this panel on the rise of the agile finance organization
WATCH: Emerging Trends and the Role of Tech in Valuation & Reporting Webinar
Watch this webinar co-hosted by Lionpoint and 73 Strings including panelists from Vista Equity, WestCap Group and Blackstone.
How Will Inflation Impact Private Markets?
How resistant are private markets when it comes to inflation? Our experts examine how rates will effect decision-making and what could come next.
Leveraged Loans – How to Dig Yourself Out of the Data Abyss
Lionpoint Executive Director Bill McMahon sits down with LevPro Co-Founder and COO John Porges to discuss data challenges and solutions in the leveraged loan market.
A Second(ary) Wind: Why the Secondary Market is Surging in Private Equity
The perfect storm for private equity’s secondary markets to surge is taking shape.
Record levels of dry powder, liquidity pressures, new vehicles designed to focus on quality assets and a burst of data driven advances in technology are driving tremendous volume with no signs of slowing down.
How data visualization can be used to better communicate predictive analytics
Visual solutions chip away at the complexity of predictive data by acting as an interpretive tool, thus creating the perfect synergy
How New ESG Benchmarks Could Impact the Private Equity Sector
Leading private equity partners recently announced a new initiative to drive a standardized set of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) benchmarks to allow for focused reporting and increased comparability.
Interview with Jonathan Balkin for Private Equity Accounting Insights
Jonathan Balkin spoke to Mariya Stefanova for the release of the PEAI Carry Directory, a definitive guide to ‘all things carry’.
Why GPs Should Consider a Target Operating Model
Achieving operational efficiency has the potential to reduce costs, make clients happier and even improve investment returns.
How Private Markets GPs Can Improve Their Data Management
Firms can be more efficient and better informed if they improve their data management. If they do not, they may get left behind and lose clients. We discuss the best way to make their data better.
IHS Markit Educational Series featuring Lionpoint
IHS Markit's Educational Series covers important and timely topics for Private Markets with thought leaders throughout the industry. Lionpoint features in 3 episodes of this 7 part series.
Fast Paced Changes Require Real-Time Forecasting
Nick Moore and Giles Travers share insights into the common challenges facing clients, and how Lionpoint is helping them gain more reliable data and real-time forecasting.
Essential Real Estate in 2021 and Beyond
Across four key areas, commercial real estate owners and investors are accelerating their digital roadmap and transforming operations to meet the challenge of covid-19, and a post-pandemic world.
Connected Planning for Logistics and Industrial Investments
Logistics real estate has come out on top during the pandemic, with changes to supply chain, delivery models, and increased investor demand. As asset managers navigate short-to-medium term business adjustments to sustain the pandemic, access to fast, reliable data is integral for value creation and deal-making.
In Conversation with Allvue: The Future of Fund Accounting
As GPs emerge from the Covid-19 crisis and begin to take stock of how best to move forward, Lionpoint and Allvue discuss technology’s ability to automate and improve a firm’s accounting processes.
Data Requirements Drive Middle Office Outsourcing for Private Equity
Lionpoint Director, Mike Tracy, and Co-founder & Executive Director, Jonathan Balkin, discuss the growing role and advantages of outsourcing for private equity firms in an interview with Private Equity Wire.
In Conversation with Allvue: How to Build a Data Strategy
An effective data strategy can meaningfully streamline and de-risk a GP’s processes, as long as it’s not hindered by an unintegrated tech stack, according to Travis Broad, Manager, at Lionpoint.
Scenario Planning and Forecasting for Australian Superannuation
With more people withdrawing their Australian Super funds due to covid-19 related financial hardship, it’s even more important that fund managers ensure investment portfolios are prepared for future scenarios.
Data Aggregation in European Real Estate Investment
Read about the adoption of technology solutions in the European real estate industry, as firms realize the power of data aggregation tools for reporting and querying.
Building Better, Faster Forecasts
Lionpoint Founder and Executive Director Jonathan M. Balkin, and Director Bill McMahon, spoke to Private Funds CFO about the dangers of working in silos, and how important it is for GPs to invest in cleaning up and consolidating data, for more accurate forecasting.
Business Intelligence and Reporting Excellence for Private Markets
The expectations of investors and regulators in private markets continue to increase. Lionpoint works with private markets clients to enable Business Intelligence, real-time data and manager and investor requirements for greater transparency into underlying portfolio companies and investment holdings.
Leveraging Anaplan for essential real estate asset, portfolio, and fund modeling in a rapidly changing environment
Henri Wajsblat, Anaplan’s Head of Financial Services Solutions, interviewed Anaplan Gold partner and Lionpoint Group Founder Nick Moore about the transformation of the real estate sector, its business and technology issues, and how the Anaplan platform and Lionpoint solutions can help.
Connected Planning and Its Impact on Commercial Real Estate
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its retail and food services report for February. It highlighted, among other trends, that online sales gained a slight edge over brick-and-mortar stores (11.813% versus 11.807%)—one of many major milestones that represent the scope and scale of online shopping growth.