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PE Fund Due Diligence in a Concentrated Deal Market

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PE Fund Due Diligence in a Concentrated Deal Market By: Nitin Kumar  March 12, 2026 Share:        Global  private equity  activity has rebounded in value but not in volume. According to the 2025 Global Private Markets Report by McKinsey, global buyout value reached about $1.8 trillion, a sharp increase of almost 20% from the previous year, although the number of deals was low. KPMG also stated that total PE investment in 2025 was about $2.1 trillion, a four-year high, led mainly by bigger deals and not by the number of deals. Reinforcing the growing importance of rigorous PE fund due diligence to safeguard concentrated capital and validate return assumptions. This shift in capital allocation to fewer, but bigger, deals have a profound effect on risk management. With bigger equity checks and the cost of capital still higher than the pre-2022 levels, the focus is on the accuracy of underwriting. In this scenario, investment in PE fund due diligence is no...
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ESG Equity Research Outsourcing Trends in Asset Management

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ESG Equity Research Outsourcing Trends in Asset Management By: Utkarsh Kaushik  March 9, 2026 Share:        ESG equity  research outsourcing  has developed from a peripheral support activity to a strategic enhancement of institutional research capabilities. For asset managers in 2026, the challenge is to deal with the growth of regulation, rating agency differences, political attention, and investor demands, in addition to the challenge of cost constraints. As ESG research goes from brand marketing to balance-sheet materiality, the research becomes more complex, data-intensive, and globally consistent, driving the need for outsourced ESG research expertise. Global ESG Capital Continues to Reshape Equity Markets Growth and Allocation Trends in Global ESG Investing Sustainable investing remains an important part of global capital markets. The global ESG investing market was valued at approximately $39.08 trillion in 2025, and it is expected to grow to $4...
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Family Office Outsourcing Trends and Growth Insights

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Family Office Outsourcing Trends and Growth Insights By: Tanya Jain  March 5, 2026 Share:        Managing generational wealth today requires far more than monitoring stock portfolios. Families now operate across jurisdictions, allocate capital into alternatives, manage philanthropic arms, and comply with evolving regulatory mandates. In this environment, family office outsourcing has become a strategic tool rather than a reactive measure. According to Deloitte’s 2024 Global Family Office Survey, over half of single-family offices are expanding third-party partnerships to improve reporting, compliance, and operational resilience. Meanwhile, PwC highlights that governance, transparency, and risk oversight rank among the top priorities for wealth holding entities worldwide. As portfolios grow more institutional in nature, family office outsourcing enables principals to maintain strategic control while specialized professionals manage operational complexity, technol...
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Outsourced AUM Reporting Services for Asset Managers

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Outsourced AUM Reporting Services for Asset Managers By: Nitin Kumar  March 2, 2026 Share:        The  asset management  industry is currently experiencing one of the biggest operational shifts in several decades. The global assets under management are steadily increasing, but asset managers are simultaneously experiencing mounting cost pressures, squeezed margins, and increasingly complex reporting and compliance requirements. Based on the latest industry research by PwC, the global AUM is forecasted to increase from approximately US$139 trillion at the current level to US$200 trillion in 2030, despite a potential degradation in profitability per AUM by as much as 9% by the end of the decade, driven by competitive and cost pressures. The Profitability Paradox in Asset Management In this context, the conventional in-house accounting and reporting capabilities are no longer able to keep up. As a result, there is a growing trend among companies of all si...
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