As interest in venture capital continues to grow, more flexible structures including hybrid funds will emerge to cater to the needs of investors and blur the lines between open-end and closed-end structures. … READ MORE >
Financial services
Automating compliance management can help firms offset rising costs: Spring 2022 outlook
Developments in technology-based solutions and tools offer many options for financial services companies to streamline their regulatory compliance and risk management programs while offsetting rising costs. … READ MORE >
Financial services industry outlook: Spring 2022
Emerging technologies and major shifts in the U.S. labor landscape are among the most significant forces affecting the financial services industry as we look to spring. … READ MORE >
Private equity showing signs of another strong year ahead
This year may not exceed the impressive totals from 2021 but conditions appear ripe for another epic year even as downside risks exist. … READ MORE >
Why ESG matters to family offices
The rise of environmental, social and governance, known as ESG, has many family offices considering its relevancy to their purpose and operation—but likely for different reasons than other investors in the private market. While asset managers and private equity firms may feel pressure over ESG policy development and reporting as … … READ MORE >
How process intelligence can make insurers more efficient
Insurance companies have seen the shift to online self-service go mainstream over the last year and a half, and are now at a point where they must pivot if they want to meet the evolving demands of today’s customers. … READ MORE >
What investors must know about opportunity zones before 2022 and beyond
The December deadline is drawing increased interest from real estate investors. There are benefits to investing in opportunity zones past 2021. Check out the questions investors should ask. … READ MORE >
Despite Zillow’s retreat, iBuyers show promise
Zillow’s exit from its iBuyer venture prompted the question: Is the business model flawed? As recent earnings reports from two of Zillow’s competitors showed, it’s too early to write it off. … READ MORE >
In booming year, venture capital shows no signs of slowing
In the United States alone, $82.8 billion of capital was deployed in the third quarter, bringing the year-to-date amount up to $238.7 billion. … READ MORE >
Already hot ‘buy now, pay later’ space gets a big boost from Amazon
Amazon partnering with Affirm is one of the latest signals that “buy now, pay later” offerings are here to stay, on the heels of strong performance last year, and also signals that online and brick-and-mortar retailers that don’t have BNPL options should assess what that means for their competitiveness. … READ MORE >