Institutional investor confidence in financial markets is trending downward and investors may shift their allocations from public to private markets, according to two separate reports upon shareowner activity for 2019. The research and advisory firm Corbin Advisors, which focuses on investor relations (IR), reports that investors started the new year harboring high levels of uncertainty… Read More >>
FTF Awards Q&A: Winner of the Editor’s Choice Award
(Editor’s note: The following Q&A is with the 2017 winner of the Editor’s Choice Award for Operational Excellence Karla McKenna who is a director at Citi and the head of standards for the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). A specialist in financial standards, McKenna has been facilitating the development of GLEIF standards and is… Read More >>
Investors and Regulators Push PE Firms for More Transparency
Private equity firms are feeling the heat for more IT solutions and better data management as an uptick in regulatory audits and exams is causing investors to demand more transparency, according to professional services firm EY’s 2016 global private equity fund and investor survey. The greater demand for transparency is one of the key findings… Read More >>
