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    Episode 12: Preparing for audits in syndicated loans and complex credit

    Emily Manion, Managing Director at KPMG focusing on alternative investments, joins Jocelyn Lewis to provide tips and considerations on data and documentation for annual audits. Emily gives us an insights into auditors’ outlook on how to identify reliable pricing on various types of credit instruments, best practices for documenting complex investment structures, and how to work with agent banks in the audit process.

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    Episode 11: Europa Capital - How technology is changing real estate

    Vanessa Muscarà , Head of Research and Strategy at Europa Capital, joins S&P Global's Jocelyn Lewis to discuss real estate market trends in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. They touch on residential and commercial market changes across Europe and the US, including growth in demand for residential real estate as people look to move to suburban areas for home working space. Vanessa shares details on how the owners of retail and commercial spaces have adapted, with examples including retail space being repurposed as logistics centers or redundant car parking spaces being used for fulfillment centers. They also touch on how real estate will be changing in years to come, including the importance of ESG in the market.

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    Episode 10: S&P Global expert services

    Andy McQuarrie, Executive Director, Private Markets, joins Jocelyn Lewis to introduce the new Private Markets expert services offering at S&P Global. Andy discusses his career in private investment operations over a thirty-year experience at the Hillman Companies, and he describes how he brings his perspective as a technology buyer to his role in working with clients at S&P Global. The expert services offering brings technology best practices to life through an experienced team that works with clients to design and implement effective operational models.

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    Episode 9: Hg – Considerations for creating a successful ESG strategy

    Caroline Löfgren, Head of Responsible Investment at Hg, joins our Jocelyn Lewis for a talk on key considerations for a successful ESG strategy. They touch on why ESG is increasingly important, and discuss how Hg is building an ESG investing framework, from investment to data collection and investor reporting.

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    Episode 8: PE Stack - Key Considerations for an Optimal Technology Strategy

    PE Stack's Tim Friedman joins S&P Global's Jocelyn Lewis for a talk about key considerations for asset managers when selecting portfolio monitoring software, such as choosing between a point solution or suite of solutions. They also touch on evaluating your software investment in terms of ROI, time saved and efficiencies gained. In addition, they talk about a few capabilities that fund managers are surprised to learn form part of a portfolio monitoring software package.

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    Episode 7: Tecum Capital - Portfolio monitoring software - top considerations and benefits

    Tecum Capital's Leslie Skolnekovich and Tyson Smith join our Jocelyn Lewis to discuss the business case for their portfolio monitoring software and what they are able to accomplish now that they couldn't before. They cover the benefits of creating a single source of truth and how that has enabled them to use their data in unexpected ways to document performance and empower their teams to make more informed decisions.

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    Episode 6: Lionpoint Group Interview: Data collection and data ingestion – what are the best practices for scale?

    Lionpoint Group's Bill McMahon and S&P Global's Jocelyn Lewis discuss the ever-increasing volume and cadence of data and information available to analyze, especially regarding the market volatility stemming from COVID-19. In an effort to prevent analysis paralysis, Bill identifies the core data components that private debt managers need to be aware of. He also discusses best practices for automating data collection and the value managers can expect to derive from improving their data collection/ingestion process.

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    Episode 5: Monroe Capital - Making Compelling Investments in Today's Shifting Markets

    Ted Koenig, President & CEO of Monroe Capital, provides insight into how shifts in market dynamics have impacted his firm’s view on extending credit and the factors that make a compelling investment. Specifically, given the vast risk/reward profiles in the market today, he discusses the importance of disciplined capital deployment.

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    Episode 4: Goldman Sachs Asset Management - Current Investment Trends in the Global Insurance Industry

    Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Mike Siegel provides insight into the long-term investment strategy of insurers, specifically relating to the impact of recent market volatility and the COVID-19 pandemic. He also comments on GSAM’s Annual Insurance Report  findings which includes interviews with top insurance CIOs and CFOs. 

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    Episode 3: Lionpoint Group Interview - Data transparency

    Lionpoint Group’s Jonathan Balkin is interviewed by S&P Global’s Jocelyn Lewis about the core components of a strong operating model built to withstand increasing transparency requirements via data requests from investors. Jonathan provides examples of how teams, ranging from the deal team to the back office and investor relations, can work together to share the same underlying data curated for their specific purpose. 

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    Episode 2: Star Mountain Capital - Investment trends in the US Lower Middle Market

    S&P Global’s Jocelyn Lewis speaks with Brett Hickey, CEO & Founder of Star Mountain Capital, to discuss investment trends in the US Lower Middle Market. They cover recent challenges and opportunities in lower market private equity, private debt and secondaries, revenue growth and volatility comparisons among other topics.

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    Episode 1: Lionpoint Group Interview - Creating efficiencies

    Lionpoint’s Mike Tracy and S&P Global’s Jocelyn Lewis discuss the recurring bottlenecks in creating efficiencies for many GPs.  While many firms think their issues are unique, there are specific job functions and business divisions that regularly present the biggest challenges with efficiency that centre around people, processes and legacy technology.  

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