2023 saw a 21% increase in overall enquiries for the BMS PEMAT team compared with 2022, suggesting that there is a strong transaction appetite and that dealmakers have the capacity to make up for an inactive year last year
From back-office automation and enhanced decision making to managing risk and portfolio optimisation, fund service providers are increasingly looking at the potential for sophisticated AI tools to help maximise returns and achieve investor goals
An increasingly fragmented geopolitical landscape combined with advances in technology and greater emphasis on integrating ESG principles has heightened focus on corporate governance in the funds sector
PE firms that have taken steps to strengthen their value creation expertise and embraced AI and data analytics to improve their strategic decision-making will be best placed to optimise value at the point of exit
Increasing demands and expectations from limited partners (LPs) have led to more private equity firms sub-contracting specialist support to meet clients' needs while ensuring regulatory and reporting compliance
For the vast majority of private capital fund managers, a degree of cost rationalisation and revision of their operating model for the future was necessary last year