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Real Deals webinars are hosted by our Editors Talya Misiri of Real Deals and Alice Murray of The Drawdown. These webinars explore a wide range of industry topics including key developments and insights, evolving approaches and processes, origination strategies, technological innovations, valuations, reporting and transparency, fund finance, liquidity and ESG to name a few areas.

Panel Discussion: The Big Picture - Moving from Value Preservation to Value Creation

  • Being flexible with internal structures to facilitate value creation to suit your portfolio and investment strategy as things continue to change
  • Finding a balance between hands-off and hands-on involvement in the management of your portfolio in the current market environment
  • Evaluating supply chains - cost vs security
  • Varied needs - Assessing the impact of the economic backdrop on internal hiring decisions and supplementing missing expertise through in-house advisors and external experts

Panel Discussion: Restructuring Portfolio Companies to Increase Social Impact

  • Panel Discussion: Restructuring Portfolio Companies to Increase Social Impact
  • Working with portfolio management teams to integrate ESG into the supply chain
  • Creating transparent reporting guidelines and specific goals to monitor portfolio performance
  • From terminology to data and demonstrability - Finding new and innovative ways to measure value created by ESG activities within the portfolio and implementation as the businesses build back up

Building the Workspace of the Future – Human Capital, Skills Shortages and Generational Shifts in Portfolio Company Workforces

  • A change in the workforce – Obtaining and retaining the right talent for sustainable business growth
  • Assessing the impact of modern employment expectations on value creation – remuneration trends, co-working, flexitime and beyond
  • Co-developing human capital strategies early to achieve sustainable value
  • Leadership, talent development and organisational culture as crucial growth drivers

Panel Discussion: Expanding Internationally in Today’s World

  • Understanding and preparing for regulatory requirements and changing legislation abroad
  • Discussing the challenges of internationalising local businesses and finding the right tactic for successful international market diversification
  • Adapting marketing, sales and overall strategy tactics in new environments
  • Mitigating cultural differences - The pros and cons of hiring local market talent

Futureproofing your Portfolio - Transforming Business Models and Integrating Technology Along the Entire Value Chain

  • Exploring the different challenges and opportunities offered by digital transformation in traditional industries, digitally mature sectors and the new world
  • All about the timing - Mitigating risks caused by rapid evolution of digital ecosystems and making the right choices in your digitalisation strategy
  • Establishing a baseline and integrating digital transformation with existing processes to achieve cohesive growth
  • Exploring opportunities offered by digital strategies in turnaround situations and analogue-to-digital buy and build
  • Working with management teams to integrate technology into companies

Refreshing your investment strategy to create a greener, more sustainable portfolio

  • Analyzing changing fund structures and longer-term horizons to your ESG strategy
  • Building the right team to drive forward your ESG agenda and setting in-house KPIs
  • Creating a comprehensive in-house strategy across the entire firm and considering the role of ESG goals in remuneration structures
  • Operations or investment team? Debating location of ESG matters within the firm, from the marketing to deal team or dedicated ESG experts
  • Formulating policies and provisions in line with current reporting standards and regulatory frameworks
  • Training of the PE firm and the portfolio

Investor Discussion - A Rapidly Evolving Standard - How ESG and Impact affect LP Asset Allocations

  • Discussing international approaches and prioritisations of ESG’s component parts
  • Debating reporting standards and GP transparency to work towards a unified blueprint for productive reporting
  • Taking into account legacy funds as well as new allocations for a thorough review and low-risk investment portfolio
  • Role of secondary funds and funds of funds as intermediary agents
  • Assessing LP appetite for investment into impact as an asset class

Understanding the Impact of the Current and Future ESG Legislation on the Private Equity Industry

  • What does the current political situation in and outside of the UK mean for ESG regulation?
  • Understanding EU sustainable finance, taxonomy and disclosure
  • How to implement EU Sustainable finance taxonomy and disclosure
  • Feeling the pressure – What expectations are levelled at investors and managers across Europe when it comes to responsible investment and ESG?
  • Understanding available reporting guidelines and (soft) legal frameworks to avoid greenwashing – TCFD, Modern Slavery Act and more
  • Developments in ESG reporting and regulations which will shape investments, transparency, disclosure and SDG in the future

Intangible and Invaluable – Mitigating ESG Risks and Their Impact on Reputation, Purpose and Brand Value

  • Understanding current guidelines and their meaning to avoid “impact-washing”
  • Debating the impact of media and increasingly aware consumer pressure on corporate and investment practises
  • Purpose driven companies – Can they deliver higher equity returns?
  • Demonstrating ESG commitment to investors and public alike
  • Mitigating reputational risks through consistent and rigorous reporting practises
  • Sharing lessons learned

The Key Role of Demonstrable ESG Success at Exit

  • Assessing the increasing importance of ESG considerations in vendor due diligence
  • Achieving consistent engagement and robust reporting practises throughout the cycle, for maximum success at exit
  • Leveraging added value through ESG at exit
  • Sharing lessons learned from integrating impact management from DD to Exit

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Overview of a Changed Market - Opportunities and Challenges

  • What types of deals are being done?
  • Analysis of sectors – what opportunities are coming out of the crisis? How to avoid jumping on a fad
  • Overview of fund finance options
  • New players in debt – are traders likely to take advantage of the economic climate
  • Future forecast – what will the next few months bring

What GPs are Asking for? Impact of the Current Climate on Debt Requirements

  • What funds are available?
  • What debt is available?
  • What to do when value is down, and money is needed
  • Building relationships – working with one or more debt providers
  • Getting the best results when working with business support

Assessing Changes in Fund Structures and Debt Models

  • Assessing changes to fund structures and debt models given market changes – ABL, distressed debt and beyond
  • Overview of fund level debt, fund finance, preferred equity and credit funds
  • Are volumes available at the same levels?

LPs and Private Debt Allocation – Where Does Debt Sit on the LP Radar?

  • How long has fundraising been on hold – getting back to business
  • Are LPs still allocating to new debt funds or are new commitments on hold?
  • Will LPs still expect distributions before making new commitments?
  • How/when does the denominator effect come into play for debt funds?
  • Does resource/workout infrastructure sit higher on the list of priorities for investors post-CV19
  • Is there appetite for LPs to lean in more aggressively as credit supply tightens and terms improve?

Refinancing

  • What is the overarching appetite and willingness of lenders to offer same or similar terms as before? 
  • Working with your current lender restructuring/payment holidays – making sure you get the money to move forward 
  • How to get the best agreement for both sponsors and debt providers 
  • Analysing the details around debt term sheets, covenants and security 

Tackling one of the most exciting topics shaping the industry today, this webinar series dives deep into some of the most interesting ways in which technology can revolutionise the deal-cycle.

Panel Discussion Cyber Resilience Programmes - The Increase of Cyber Threats as Working from Home Becomes the Norm

  • An overview of the latest cyber attacks and what you need to look out for
  • Understanding the technology behind cyber security and how this protects your business
  • What technologies can be implemented that are timely, cost effective and can be put in place and monitored remotely
  • What is on the horizon? New technologies being developed to protect businesses

Panel Discussion Discussing the Impact of Tech Tools on Fundraising and Investment

  • Exploring how LPs are using technology to inform asset allocation strategies and manage their portfolios
  • Understanding the reporting demands of the modern LP and what GPs can do to attract investment
  • Utilising market mapping technology to assess the fundraising landscape and focus your efforts
  • ​Building an investor portal - Mitigating security risks and streamlining communications by centralising deal data from DD to exit
  • Finding and implementing the right marketing infrastructure and CRM system for your firm’s resources
  • Applying quantitative methods in investment evaluation and monitoring
  • Automating routine processes to increase internal efficiencies

Panel Discussion The Power of Digital– Understanding the Future of Tech-Tools in the Private Equity Industry and How to Implement Them

  • ​Using AI-based origination strategies to radically disintermediate deal flow
  • ​Tracking the exponential growth of the database and understanding the possibilities for add-on benefits
  • Building the right in-house team and vision to facilitate progress
  • Exploring the possible integration of innovative new tools in the whole deal-cycle – from sourcing to portfolio management and exit
  • A long time coming - Discussing the path to tech-integration and sharing pitfalls to avoid
  • AI, RPA, Blockchain and beyond – Cutting through the buzzwords to identify the real changes and developments set to transform the industry over the next decade
  • Exploring how dealmakers can take a key part in ensuring their firms are ready for the future

Closeup: The Private Equity Tower of Babel – Creating a Common Data Language to Revolutionise Reporting and Transform the Industry

  • ​Beyond Excel and PDF – Rethinking and evolving modes of data transport
  • ​How to ensure buy-in from investors, managers and solution providers alike to transform the industry - is this easier given the new global landscape?
  • Asking the right questions: Navigating reporting challenges through consistent data points
  • ​Learning from the public and listed space to refine PE-reporting standards
  • ​Understanding the ADS’ strategies and vision for the future of PE-reporting

Panel Discussion: Discussing Tech-Enabled Portfolio Monitoring Strategies

  • Examining portfolio monitoring since February 2020, uncovering why technology in this field has become so essential as the world changes
  • ​Finding and implementing the right system to accurately track and predict portfolio performance
  • ​Centralising data to enable efficient reporting and forecasting across your portfolio ​
  • Integrating ESG data capture into your portfolio reporting strategies

Panel Discussion - Integrating Innovation into Tech Strategies for your Portfolio Companies to Stay Ahead of the Curve

  • The growing importance of technology in the current landscape
  • Supporting your portfolio company and making sure they have the right technology to grow their business and keep ahead of their competitors
  • Keeping mindful of the future - what new technologies are on the horizon

Panel Discussion: (Re)building trust between GPs & LPs: navigating a murky data world

  • Uncertain times demand more clarity, how has the current market environment and recent SEC warnings changed your views on any data deficiencies?
  • How do you ensure that you have access to accurate and timely data to assess GP performance?
  • What are the practicalities of aligning LP and GP interests, to better measure and demonstrate value
  • Beyond core fund and asset financials, have standards of reporting ESG data improved across the industry?