Podcast
Private Equity Talks
Hosted by Real Deals Media · EN
For over 25 years, Real Deals have been the independent voice of European private equity providing essential market intelligence, deal information, and insight to Europe's leading GPs, their advisers, & LPs.
The Drawdown provides vital insight and analysis for operational professionals in private equity and venture capital. Our mission is to empower & celebrate operational professionals who ensure funds are managed in a robust and compliant manner, lead on in-house technology strategies, regulations & compliance, ESG, & other vital functions that ensure the well-being of the industry.
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TOTO: Succession battlescars
Apr 1500:25:24Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Top of the Ops, The Drawdown team speaks to Glen Roberts, director and co-founder of Aria Partners, a recruitment firm focusing on fund finance and operation placements.
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TOTO: Levelling up
Mar 600:28:25Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Top of the Ops, The Drawdown team speaks to Gurpreet Manku, CEO of Level 20, the leading industry body for women in private equity.
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TOTO: The transfer window
Jan 700:32:36Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Top of the Ops, The Drawdown team speaks to Aidan O’Flanagan of Highvern about the drivers and challenges related to fund admin transfers.
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TOTO: Day of the debt
Nov 1900:33:21Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Top of the Ops, The Drawdown team discusses competition between lenders in the fund finance market with Mirza Mulic of HSBC Innovation Banking.Lots of debt providers see opportunities in a growing market but how much will the market remain driven by relationship as it continues to expand and innovate?
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Top of the Ops: Retail therapy
Oct 600:31:07Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Top of the Ops, we take a look at how private markets’ ‘retailisation’ efforts are progressing.We interview Tim Boole, head of product management and co-head of structuring at Schroders Capital, about the growing popularity of evergreen structures and how managers are coping with the operational burdens associated with serving greater volumes of wealth investors.While it is the largest managers who account for the bulk of this market activity, are they setting templates that the midmarket will want to follow?
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Top of the Ops: Have a CTO at it
Jul 2300:24:13Tap to summarizeIn this episode of TOTO, we look at how private markets managers are investing in their tech and data teams to meet future challenges.We interview Josko Grljevic, the chief technology officer at Mayfair Equity Partners and hear his views on ROI for in-house tech spend and how GPs should move to a 'rent' rather than 'buy' model for software.Grljevic is Mayfair's first ever CTO and it is a role that remains rare in the midmarket, so we also ask him about the drivers for this strategic hire.
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Top of the Ops: The Indies
Jun 900:30:18Tap to summarizeThis episode of the podcast takes a look at independent sponsors, their unique operating models and why LP interest is risingAfter The Drawdown’s attempt earlier this year to raise our own fund but eventually pivoting to the deal-by-deal model, TOTO sits down and discusses alignment with LPs, valuations and independent sponsors in the spotlight.For this episode, we sat down with Jason Howard, COO/CFO and partner at Headway Capital Partners to unpack the topic from his unique perspective as both a GP and LP for independent sponsors, specifically.
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Top of the Ops: Price of nothing, value of...
May 19, 202500:30:32Tap to summarizeThe latest episode looks at the roles of accountability and technology in developing a standardised and transparent valuations processFollowing our tour through GPs’ valuation studios, TOTO sits down and discusses the findings, in light of the publication of the FCA’s review of valuation processes which pointed towards independence and managing conflicts of interests as areas of improvement.We speak to Ryan McNelley, managing director and EMEA portfolio valuation leader within Kroll’s valuation service line, about the roles technology and accountability play in creating a standardised and transparent valuation process.
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Top of the Ops: Filling you in
Apr 14, 202500:25:18Tap to summarizeTOTO takes another trip to the DORA dentist to see if there is any greater clarity on the implications of the EU’s latest mega-regulation, following its less than perfect introduction in January 2024.We speak to Adrian Whelan, managing director and global head of market intelligence for investor services at Brown Brothers Harriman, about how he has been advising his clients on DORA, and the opportunities the regulation presents to the best prepared managers.
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Top of the Ops: Tick Tick Boom!
Feb 26, 202500:21:57Tap to summarizeIn the first episode of Top of the Ops in 2025, The Drawdown’s editorial gang discusses the importance of operational due diligence and how it is weighed differently depending on whether a firm is an emerging or established manager.Following on from our recent cover story ‘ODDenheimer’, we speak to Peter Haskopoulos, founder and managing director of Petra Funds Group, who regularly works with emerging managers. We discuss the particularities of ODD for emerging managers and what they can do to prepare.
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