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PESS 2011 - Private Equity Software & Services Showcase
Join us at this major event now in New York
After two very successful years in London, the PESS
Showcase is coming to New York for the first time.
The event brings together many of the major PE
suppliers for a day of presentations, information sharing
and networking. Over 200 private equity professionals
are expected on the day.
The event offers:
Over 20 supplier booths in the Exhibition Hall
Topic-based presentations throughout the day
Test drive facilities with Platinum sponsors
Informative debate in a relaxed environment
A great opportunity to network with peers
The event is free to attend for qualifying delegates.
Who should attend?
The event is designed for senior decision makers within
private equity GP and LP organizations, including: Senior
Executives, Investor Relations, COO/CFOs, FDs, Portfolio
Analysts, IT Directors and their appointed
representatives.
Sponsors confirmed to date
Contents
Agenda.....................................................................................................................................................4
Venue.......................................................................................................................................................5
Registration .............................................................................................................................................6
Contact Us ...............................................................................................................................................6
Sponsors - Platinum...............................................................................................................................12
Sponsors - Platinum...............................................................................................................................13
Sponsors - Gold......................................................................................................................................14
Sponsors - Silver ....................................................................................................................................18
Prize Draw..............................................................................................................................................21
Past Events - PESS 2010 ......................................................................................................................22
Past Events - PESS 2009 ......................................................................................................................23
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Agenda
From To Room 1 Presentations Room 2 Presentations
08:30 09:10 Registration
09:10 09:15 Welcome Address
09:20 10:00 3i Infotech Framework
Overseeing investment performance:
efficiency and transparency in PE
IntraLinks
Understanding the online experience your investors
want and how your peers are providing it
10:10 10:50 AnalytX
Managed transparency: all in one system
TripsWare
The Value of Effective T & E Expense Management
Systems for Private Equity and Investment Firms
10:50 11:30 Morning Break
11:30 12:10 SunGard Investran
Responding to the need for greater
transparency through enhanced Investor
Servicing
Vantage Software
Getting the most out of your data - tools for intuitive
analysis and performance reporting
12:20 13:00 eFront
Creating dynamic analytics dashboards for in-
depth performance and risk analysis
iLevel Solutions
Cerberus Capital - A Case Study
on Proactive Portfolio Management
13:00 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 14:40 Relevant
Systems vs Fund Administrators:
How you can manage your own back office
with Relevant EquityWorks
EquityTouch
Empower Your Deal Sourcing
14:50 15:30 Vitech
A Step Above the Competition –
Tools for an Effective Decision Making
Process
The Burgiss Group
Data for Decisions – It's not all about the tools
15:30 17:30 Drinks Reception, Prize Draw & Closing Remarks
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Venue
Our event takes place in the beautifully re-designed, exquisite midtown Manhattan hotel just steps
from Radio City Music Hall, Central Park, Rockefeller Center and the city’s dynamic business and
media center.
Hilton New York
1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
Tel: 1-212-586-7000
www.newyorkhiltonhotel.com
Directions
Hilton New York is located on Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave.) between West 53rd and West 54th
Streets. 53rd street is west bound and 54th street is east bound. LaGuardia is 8 miles, JFK is 17
miles, Newark is 15 miles, Grand Central station is 15 minutes across town, Penn Station is 15
minutes downtown and Port Authority is 10 minutes downtown.
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Registration
All delegates at the event must be employed by an organization that undertakes or provides funding
for Private Equity investment activities.
Any individual that is unsure of their status should contact the event organizer directly to clarify their
position.
If you would like to attend the event, simply register online at www.pessnet.com/newyork
Visit the event website for an up-to-date list of the delegate companies registered for the event.
Contact Us
For any enquiries, please contact
Paul Thompson
4vco Ltd.
Langdale House
11 Marshalsea Road
London SE1 1EN
United Kingdom
t: +44 20 7785 6999
m: +44 7977 490917
f: +44 870 787 7859
w: www.pessnet.com/newyork
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Overseeing investment performance:efficiency and transparency in PE
Technology has primarily been used byprivate equity firms for finance andaccounting functions. Framework will outlinehow the key benefits realized in the backoffice, such as process efficiencies,transparency and controls, can now beapplied to portfolio monitoring andinvestment valuations.
In this session we will explore:
The expanding role of technologyacross the business
Delivering efficiencies, transparencyand controls with portfoliomonitoring and investmentvaluations
Enhanced reporting capabilities forinvestors and management.
Sanjay Tolani, Head of North AmericanOperations
Sanjay is responsible for developing thebusiness growth strategy in North America. Hehas nearly 22 years of financial serviceexperience operating on both sides of theAtlantic, with a particular focus in recent yearson all aspects of PE operations, administrationand technology.
Previously, he was a senior consultant at 4vco,the leading consultancy for private equityoperations. Prior to that Sanjay established theUK operation of a US alternative assetssoftware solution. Earlier in his career Sanjayworked for US institutions including JP MorganPartners, Citigroup (Salomon Smith Barney)and Brown Brothers Harriman.
Understanding the online experience yourinvestors want and how your peers areproviding it
Performance is not enough. To get investorsto reinvest into a fund, every interaction aninvestor has with the fund must beexceptional and satisfying. Our surveys of LPsand GPs reveals how investors want tointeract online and what funds have put inplace to increase investor satisfaction andreinvestment. This session will explore:
What factor is most critical tocreating a good online reportingexperience for investors
How investors want to receiveinformation - in static documents oras data they can filter or both
Are investors using the iPad forbusiness
How important is a fund’s brand toits business
Are funds responsive to investors’ adhoc requests for information
Paul was appointed Vice President of ProductMarketing in 2008 and is responsible for thecompany's hedge fund and private equitybusiness. In this role, Paul guides IntraLinks'business strategy and product roadmap. Paulalso regularly speaks at conferences about thealternative investment market and contributesto industry articles. Prior to joining IntraLinks,Paul served as President for a successful startup company that provided outsourced IT tohedge funds and also held senior positions atSunGard, OMX and BT Radianz. Paul has anMBA from Baruch College and currently
resides in London.
Session 1: 9.20 – 10.00
Presentation Room 2Presentation Room 1
Paul DiBlasi,Vice President of Product Marketing
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Managed transparency: all in one system
The transparency theme for limited partners is
a pervasive topic in private equity circles. The
real point of consideration regarding this
subject is how to provide investor requested
reporting in a timely fashion with minimal risk.
Another major challenge is managing illiquid
assets where it is essential to maximize the
timeliness of asset snapshot information.
In this session, AnalytX will:
Discuss and demonstrate thebenefits of centralized informationmanagement for portfoliomanagement and investor relations
Highlight the options for informationcollection and validation of portfolioinformation
Donald Winger, CEO
Donald Winger is the CEO of AnalytX. Prior to
AnalytX, he was the founder of ABS Consulting
where he was one of the principal architects of
the Fixed Assets Securitization system, which
has modeled over $1 trillion in CMO-backed
securities.
Before founding ABS, Mr. Winger was a Senior
Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in
Management Consulting and National Tax
Technology where he led development for
partnership tax systems. Mr. Winger holds a
BA in Philosophy from Randolph Macon
College and an MBA/Finance from George
Mason University.
The Value of Effective T & E ExpenseManagement Systems for Private Equity andInvestment Firms
Recent findings indicate that companies havechanged their perception of T & E ExpenseManagement from a ‘sunk cost’ to a strategicfunction that can drive value. Private equityfirms in particular, whose due diligence,portfolio company management, andfundraising activities necessitate substantialT & E spending, have much to gain from anoptimized expense management system. Inthis session, we will review Best Practices forExpense Management that can add value tothe overall operations of your firm, including:
Automating data capture andexpense submission process
Optimizing your GL softwareconfiguration for maximumperformance and visibility
Recovering expenses related tofundraising, deals and portfoliocompany oversight.
Noel Furniss, Founding Partner
Noel Furniss is a founding partner of
TripsWare, an expense reporting solution
launched in 2006 with an exclusive focus on
private equity. Noel was CIO of Welsh, Carson,
Anderson & Stowe from 1999 to 2004.
He has over 14 years of consulting experience
in the private equity industry through his firm,
Paragon Computer Solutions, which has been
providing custom integrated applications and
back office solutions for private equity firms
since 1997. Prior to that he worked as a
Senior Process Engineer for SONY.
Noel holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of
Business, a BSc in Electrical Engineering from
Manhattan College, and a Diploma in
Integrated Circuit Fabrication from the Dublin
Institute of Technology.
Session 2: 10.10 – 10.50
Presentation Room 2Presentation Room 1
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Responding to the need for greatertransparency through enhanced InvestorServicing
The need for more transparency is greaterthan ever. Today, regulatory demands arerequiring greater efficiencies in the industrythrough the adoption of standard reportingguidelines that enable streamlinedprocesses. How will you adjust to meet thesedemands?
Join us, as Investran and its panel of clientsdiscuss how they are meeting the need forgreater detail in reporting for both internaland external stakeholders. In this session wewill explore:
Enhanced reporting capabilities forinvestors and management
ILPA reporting formats
Adhering to GIPS measures.
William Lopez, Vice President, Sales
William Lopez is Vice President, Sales withSunGard’s Investran business. Mr. Lopez hasbeen with SunGard since 2004, andspecializes in SunGard’s front-to-back privateequity offering, Investran. In this role, Mr.Lopez’s efforts are focused on businessdevelopment and working with the existingclient base of over 300 firms on productdevelopment initiatives.
Prior to joining SunGard Mr. Lopez held salespositions with EcoWin (now part of ThomsonReuters) and Bureau van Dijk. Williamgraduated from Fordham University with adegree in finance and economics.
Getting the most out of your data - tools for
intuitive analysis and performance reporting
Private equity firms have always experiencedthe frustrations and shortcomings ofspreadsheets for performance analysis andreporting. Vantage offers a data-warehouseand business-intelligence platform forintuitive, graphical analysis and reportingacross the organization. Content:
Intuitive portfolio analysis andreporting to senior management andinvestors
How to centralize deal pipeline,fundraising and accounting data intoa single repository
Calculating performance measuresacross multiple sorts, groups anddimensions.
Greg Woolf, Founder and CEO
Greg Woolf is the founder and CEO of Vantage
Software with over 15 years of alternative
investment industry experience. He has
degrees in Computer Science, Math, Finance
and Business Administration, with a CPA from
PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Greg's management experience with various
high-growth technology and investment
companies includes mergers and acquisitions,
finance and operations. He pioneered
Vantage’s unique software model which has
been adopted by many of the largest and most
prestigious alternative investment firms
worldwide.
Greg has presented at numerous conferences,
contributed as a guest lecturer at MIT, and has
frequently been published in industry
publications including Private Equity Analyst
and Private Equity Manager.
Session 3: 11.30 – 12.10
Presentation Room 2Presentation Room 1
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Creating dynamic analytics dashboards for in-depth performance and risk analysis
Analytics are the starting point for successfulfinancial management. Ratio analysis mayprovide the all-important early warningindications that allow you to solve yourbusiness problems. eFront has developedleading-edge tools to track and manipulateanalytics and invites you to this session todemonstrate:
An analytics module with built-inlibraries and charts offering agraphical end-user interface withdrag & drop functionality
A quick navigation between differentcharts and multiple pages
The calculation of performanceindicators and statistics
Filtering analysis, which can beperformed dynamically for diversecriteria.
Olivier Dellenbach, Founder, President & CEO
As the founder and CEO of eFront, a leadingsoftware provider of financial solutions, OlivierDellenbach has extensive experience in thealternative investment and risk managementindustries. He leads the strategic paths of thecompany and its solutions, ensuring innovationremains the core value. Prior to foundingeFront, he co-founded NAT Systèmes in 1987,becoming its chairman in 1989. At the end of1998, with offices in 8 different countries,over 250 employees and revenues of over €35million, the company was sold to the Canadiangroup Cognicase.
Olivier is a graduate of École Polytechnique(1981), one of the most selective engineeringschools in Europe.
Cerberus Capital – A Case Study on ProactivePortfolio Management
The importance in today’s market fortransparency and visibility cannot beoverstated.
iLevel Solutions and Cerberus Capital willpresent a case study to review the hurdlesfirms face and provide insight into thebenefits of a comprehensive portfoliomanagement solution.
Key themes will include:
Automating the collection, analysis,reporting and exchange of financialand operating performanceinformation
Eliminating the painful, manualcollection and compilation ofportfolio company performance data
Arming you with the accurate, timelyand actionable information you needto make informed decisions anddiscover new opportunities.
Ben Humphreys, Managing Director,Cerberus Capital Management
Hank Boggio, Chief Marketing Officer,
iLevel Solutions
Mr. Humphreys joined the Cerberus
Companies in 2005. During his tenure at
Cerberus, Mr. Humphreys has been CFO of a
Cerberus private equity portfolio company and
has been responsible for financial oversight for
a variety of industrial private equity portfolio
companies.
Hank Boggio is responsible for all aspects of
marketing and business development globally,
and has over 20 years of experience
successfully launching, growing and managing
technology products.
Session 4: 12.20 – 13.00
Presentation Room 2Presentation Room 1
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Systems vs Fund Administrators:How you can manage your own back officewith Relevant EquityWorks
Presented from the solution providerperspective:
Group discussion on pros & cons ofoutsourcing vs. in-houseadministration
Learn how to minimize or eliminateyour dependency on administrators
Review tools you can deploy toadministrate your own fund andgenerate industry standard quarterlyreports.
Ray Haarstick, CEO
Ray Haarstick is the CEO of Relevant Equity
Systems. After spending 8 years developing
custom systems for leading PE firms, we
launched Relevant EquityWorks in 1998. It
was the industry’s first integrated front and
back-office solution. To date, we’ve deployed
to over 240 firms spread across 20 countries.
Known as the industry’s “thought leaders”,
Relevant has been first to market with
numerous innovations ranging from on-screen
capital accounts, to reporting style sheets, to
electronically assembled and distributed
quarterly reports. Be sure to attend this
discussion to see Relevant's latest
innovations. Mr. Haarstick holds degrees in
Computer Science and Management from WPI.
Empower Your Deal Sourcing
If knowledge is power, then speed and depthof your team’s comprehensive acumen is thecutting edge. Have you ever lost out on adeal because significant information wasmissing? Or has your team ever duplicatedeffort, wasting precious time and marketintelligence?
Every “touch” of a potential deal moves thatdeal ahead. Hundreds of these Touchesoccur every day all across your organization.Your “Personal Touch” inventory is a hugeasset you can leverage throughout the dealcycle. What would it mean to your success tohave a system that worked more like yourresearch partner than a cumbersomedatabase?
In this interactive seminar we will share withyou how EquityTouch® can help provide asystematic approach to vitalizing your dealsourcing, keeping you one “touch” ahead ofthe competition.
Nancy Keddy, CEO & Co-Founder
With over a decade of experience as a
business women and entrepreneur in the
technology and software arenas, Nancy Keddy
is an expert in business technology and
software development needs. Leveraging that
knowledge, Nancy Keddy co-founded Touch
Ahead Software in November 2008.
Prior to the launch of Touch Ahead Software,
Nancy founded NSK, Inc., in 1995, an IT
Consulting Services firm specializing in onsite
IT services and custom software development.
While working at NSK Inc. Nancy was
instrumental in creating and planning multiple
custom software development projects for the
financial services community.
Session 5: 14.00 – 14.40
Presentation Room 2Presentation Room 1
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A Step Above the Competition – Tools for anEffective Decision Making Process
Keep a step ahead by making betterinvestment decisions. Having the ability totrack detailed, proprietary data points forreporting and analytical purposes offers astrategic advantage during the investmentprocess. Equitrak is adaptable to a client’sproprietary needs and we invite you to joinour session as we demonstrate:
The creation of client-specific datascreens and fields to organize andstore every detail of yourinvestments and underlyinginvestments
How to combine investmentcashflows and positions withdetailed investment attributes toperform complex exposure and duediligence analysis
A flexible Standard Import Utility forquick and easy data import.
Hope Nawada, Director
Having joined Vitech in 2003, Hope specializes
in product development, solutions delivery and
client relations, and is responsible for the
continued expansion of the global client base
along with the continued evolution of the
Equitrak product.
Hope has 15 years of systems development
and implementation experience with a
concentration in project management,
business requirements management,
client/server development, and client
relationship management. She also has
extensive experience in utilizing and adhering
to structured development methodologies in
order to achieve time, budget, and quality
objectives. Hope holds both a B.A. and
Masters degree from Lehigh University.
Data for Decisions – It’s not all about the tools
For over 20 years the Burgiss Group, thecreator of Private i, has been serving privateequity investors of all types including fund offunds, advisors, custodians, administratorsand traditional limited partners.
During this time, these 300+ clients havemoved from spreadsheets to systems andthen from simply tracking data to measuringrisk and attribution culminating in trueportfolio management.
In this session, we will discuss how weprovide the data and analysis necessary for:
Risk and exposure analysis of theunderlying holdings
Comparing performance against theprivate equity universe
Transparency and compliancereporting
Investor satisfaction.
Stephen C. Bruhns, Managing Director
Steve directs all aspects of business
development for The Burgiss Group. He leads
the worldwide sales and client executive
teams as well as manages Burgiss’ growing
strategic partner program. During his tenure at
Burgiss, the client base has grown from 30 to
over 320 clients in 16 countries with
aggregate commitments of over $1 trillion.
These include many of the most prominent
investors in private equity.
Prior to Burgiss, Steve spent 10 years at ITI,
Inc., where he developed a portfolio
management system for the general partner
market, which was acquired by The Burgiss
Group in 1998. He holds a B.S. in Computer
Science from Lehigh University.
Session 6: 14.50 – 15.30
Presentation Room 2Presentation Room 1
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Sponsors - Platinum
Platinum: Exhibition Booth, Presentation and Test Drive facilities
Platinum sponsors offer test drive facilities – click the links below to book your test drive
AnalytX defines itself, collectively, as both an American and European company with nearly equal head-count
across the Atlantic. We are structured with a front and back-office approach to serving clients that results in
maximum efficiency and service delivery. For instance, in Europe we operate with a front office located in
London, with software development and DBA support out of Central Europe. This approach maximizes
economic benefit with optimal quality in products and services. With a strong and proven client base across
the US/Europe, and over 15 years in operation, our product offerings reflect an accumulation of knowledge in
alternative assets.
Email [email protected] to book your test drive.
eFront is a software provider that specializes in the alternative asset management industry. FrontInvest,
eFront’s flagship product, is the leading alternative investment solution in Europe, and serves a growing
number of customers in North America, Asia and the Middle East.
eFront’s product strategy is differentiated by its significant investment in research and development and its
drive to incorporate the latest technologies into extending the software’s functional reach, flexibility and
usability.
Founded in 1999, eFront employs over 160 staff and has offices in London, New York, Montreal, Paris, Dubai,
Bonn and Jersey. eFront is listed on Alternext, by NYSE Euronext.
Email [email protected] to book your test drive.
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Sponsors - Gold
Gold: Exhibition Booth and Presentation
3i Infotech - Framework Ltd provides a complete, market leading private equity software solution for PE
organisations worldwide. Clients manage over $200 billion of assets using Framework. These clients include
general partners, limited partners, administrators, funds of funds, and development funds. Framework helps
clients to manage risk, ensure transparency, and increase operational efficiency. Rich, easy-to-use
functionality optimises management of investor relationships, documents, and reporting; The investment team
can track contacts and deals efficiently with specific, configured deal flow processes; Comprehensive
investment monitoring, capital structure analysis and valuation capabilities; Powerful portfolio management,
administration, GL, reporting, and ad hoc enquiry functionality.
iLevel Solutions revolutionizes how the alternative investment industry collects, analyzes, reports and
exchanges information.
iLevel’s flagship offering, the Portfolio Company Reporting System (PCRS) is an innovative, highly secure
Software-as-a-Service technology platform that automates the collection, collaboration, analysis, and reporting
of portfolio data. PCRS provides the seamless platform that integrates all information for GPs and LPs to
monitor investments, prepare and report valuations, and exchange information. This comprehensive, end-to-
end platform serves as the backbone to completely integrate reporting, analytical tools, and dynamic
information sharing, and includes components for private equity, real estate, debt, and LP reporting.
For more than a decade, IntraLinks' enterprise-wide solutions have been providing a secure, online
environment where private equity firms can raise their fund, manage their deal files and report to investors.
The IntraLinks platform can help improve operational efficiency and reduce time and costs while adding
increased security and control to your processes. More than 750,000 users across 90,000 organizations
around the world rely on IntraLinks including 14 of the 15 largest private equity firms.
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We pride ourselves on being the “thought leader” in the private equity systems market. For over two decades,
Relevant has consistently led the field in delivering innovative and compelling tools that help you increase
operational efficiency and gain clarity into your investments and operations.
Relevant EquityWorks v6.5 helps you work smart. By fully integrating your front and back office, you eliminate
tedious, busy work and disparate spreadsheets so you can focus on what matters most… finding deals,
building value, and exiting investments. With Relevant EquityWorks you gain insight into the art and science of
private equity like never before.
SunGard Investran is an integrated application suite that automates front, middle and back-office processes
for private equity and alternative investment firms. With more than 300 global customers who collectively
manage more than $1 trillion in assets, Investran helps improve business efficiencies to facilitate
collaboration, support deal flow and automate accounting.
Firms rely on Investran's integrated capabilities to help meet their needs in the entire investment life-cycle,
including relationship management, reporting, monitoring, accounting, fund raising and deal pipeline
management.
The Burgiss Group, LLC is a privately held technology and financial services company headquartered in
Hoboken, New Jersey. The firm specializes in software-based solutions for investors in private equity and
other alternative assets. Its 300 clients are some of the world's largest investors in alternative assets and
include pension funds, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, gatekeepers, consultants and family offices.
Burgiss has clients in 14 countries. For more information, please visit www.burgiss.com
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Touch Ahead Software brings the benefits of advanced technology to the alternative asset community with its
SaaS product EquityTouch®.
Touch Ahead takes advantage of game changing technologies like SaaS, AJAX, cloud computing and social
networking.
EquityTouch is the deal sourcing collaboration solution, designed for private equity and venture capital firms.
EquityTouch is fast and easy to use, leaving you more time to focus on finding and closing new deals.
EquityTouch allows you to track all of your information including meetings, phone calls, emails, and
documents, all in one place.
TripsWare is the expense reporting solution exclusively focused on the private equity industry. TripsWare lets
you track and recover your costs of fundraising, portfolio company oversight and due diligence initiatives while
simplifying expense report submission for your employees.
Our team of expert professionals has extensive experience in private equity, accounting, and financial
systems. As a boutique firm, we have the flexibility to meet the most complex and bespoke needs of our
clients.
Our mission is to establish and maintain long-term relationships with our clients in order to meet their
accounting, reporting, and compliance requirements on an ongoing basis.
Vantage Software has leveraged its deep understanding of alternative investment management to develop
applications that support the way you do business. Our solutions for investor marketing and servicing,
accounting, performance reporting and deal management help you maximize efficiency and scalability across
your operations.
Vantage offers state-of-the-art analysis and reporting platforms that provide intuitive, graphical reporting,
analysis and performance calculations for investment managers and their clients. Designed to easily integrate
with other solutions such as third party products or external data feeds, Vantage products can be implemented
on a standalone basis or as a suite.
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Vitech is a global provider of world-class software and services to the fund and investment communities.
Vitech delivers Equitrak, its proven and widely installed enterprise-software application. Equitrak delivers
unparalleled functionality to meet the distinctive, complex, and demanding requirements of best-practice
alternative asset administration. Vitech’s Professional Services team possesses deep subject matter
expertise, extensive technical skills, and unparalleled solutions delivery experience.
Equitrak is specifically designed to meet the unique requirements of fund administrators, fund managers,
investment banks, transfer agents, institutional investors and family offices. Vitech’s clients span four
continents and include many of the world’s largest investment organizations.
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Sponsors - Silver
Silver: Exhibition Booth
ACG New York "Where Private Capital Meets New York" is the premier association in New York City for middle
market deal-making professionals, private capital providers (both equity and debt), M&A advisors, corporate
executives, accountants, attorneys and other related service providers.
ACG New York annually hosts more than 50 events in New York City, Westchester and Long Island attended by
over 7,000 professionals. With 56 chapters in North America, Europe, and China and over 14,000 members,
ACG is a global financial association focused on driving middle market growth.
AltaReturn is a seamless, end-to-end solution for the alternative investment industry. The next generation
technology (deployed on the cloud or on premise) transforms the operational and reporting capabilities of
Private Equity and other alternative investment firms.
Created on Microsoft platforms, AltaReturn provides a full product suite covering Fund & Corporate
Accounting, Business Intelligence, Investor Relations, CRM and Investor & Portfolio Company Web Portals.
AltaReturn is headquartered in Miami with additional resources in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, London
and Sao Paulo. Our team collectively has over 100 years of experience in developing and implementing
leading-edge solutions.
PE/VC Desktop - Capital Structure, Waterfalls, Analysis, Reporting, Due Diligence
CapControls provides a platform and service to literally rescue private companies and their investors from Cap
Table spreadsheets. The service creates one view of ownership for all parties; simplifying option
administration, ownership reporting, capital planning, and waterfall analytics.
CapControls’ desktop toolset allows authorized parties to see the current cap table and all shareholder
records – valuable for liquidity events and shareholders’ representatives.
Use CapControls to:
Rapidly build waterfalls with powerful scenario modeling Instantly see returns for multiple investors Understand the impact of proposed financings on existing securities
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Chatham Financial is the largest independent interest rate and currency risk advisor, and a recognized leader
in debt advisory, accounting, and valuations worldwide. We provide innovative solutions in both the debt and
derivative markets through a powerful combination of market-tested technology solutions and advisory
services.
Founded in 1991, Chatham has built its business serving clients and building long-term relationships around
the world. We are privileged to have become trusted advisors to market leading firms globally on over 53,000
transactions and $2.4 trillion in notional principal from our offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
ClearMomentum is a leading edge analytics and reporting solution for Private Equity, Venture, Hedge and
Mezzanine Fund managers and their portfolio companies. Leveraging the latest in technology, our secure data
room is the global data clearing house for portfolio companies and their counterparties including lenders,
investors and shareholders.
Reporting and the exchange of sensitive financial information between portfolio companies and their
counterparties is our core competence and our core value proposition. ClearMomentum serves many of the
world’s most progressive capital managers and their portfolio companies located throughout North America
and the United Kingdom.
Established in 1994, Koger products are used by some of the largest and most respected financial institutions
in the world. With offices globally, Koger provides comprehensive technical support 24 hours a day during
business days.
Koger's latest product offering – PENTAS, has been designed to streamline the administration of a Private
Equity fund based on business-users’ requirements. Clients can create automated journal entries and produce
full financial reporting.
ETAS, our web application allows managers, partners and authorized 3rd parties to view real time data online
while also being able to input trade instructions, upload and download relevant documentation.
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Created in October 2001 by the Private Equity Banking Group at Citizens Bank, The Private Equity CFO
Association is an organization with over 850 senior level professionals who manage the financial and
operational aspects of their firms as well as oversee the reporting, accounting and fund administration of
private equity funds, venture capital funds, funds of funds, and secondary funds.
Networking and peer-to-peer communication is offered to members via an email platform and through
networking events and membership meetings, allowing CFOs to share their experiences and expertise in
addressing the various administrative, accounting and tax issues that they commonly face.
Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company that has transformed the way companiescollaborate and communicate. Salesforce.com is leading the effort to bring Cloud 2, the next paradigm forcomputing, to the enterprise by offering its customers the social collaboration, mobility and openness that arethe hallmark of this new world. Salesforce.com Wealth Management Edition is the new standard for advisors.
Salesforce.com's Private Equity solution provides functionality and workflows that are crucial for private equityfirms. Leveraging Salesforce.com’s robust platform, private equity firms can automate and track deal flow,fund raising, and investor relations processes. More than 5000 financial services firms across the globe havestandardized on Salesforce.com, and the private equity segment is leading the charge. .
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Prize Draw
To be held at 16:00 in the Exhibition Hall.
Business cards will be collected from delegates just before the prize draw and
drawn at random by the sponsoring company.
Prize Sponsor
1 iPad Relevant Equity Systems
2 iPad eFront
3 Motorola Xoom Android Tablet EquityTouch
4 Novi Sad Briefcase AnalytX
5 Bose QC15 Headphones Vitech
6 Flip HD Camcorder iLevel Solutions
7 Yankee tickets Salesforce.com
8 Broadway tickets 4vco
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Past Events - PESS 2010
The Private Equity Software and Service Provider Seminar
29 June 2010, London
With nearly 160 delegates from almost 100 private equity
houses, attendance was 35% ahead of 2009. The event
also attracted an excellent mix of delegates as shown here:
The event highlighted the quality and depth of software and
services available to private equity houses. Survey feedback
was completed by over 90 delegates and the findings
included:
50% agreed that the quality of software/services on
display was higher than expected. Only 7%
disagreed. That's a favourable ratio of 7:1.
50% agreed that the event had increased the
likelihood that they would invest in the products.
Only 5% disagreed.
Over 75% of survey respondents agreed that they
would follow up with at least one of the suppliers.
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Past Events - PESS 2009
The Private Equity Software and Service Provider Seminar
25 June 2009, London
PESS 2009 featured presentations and exhibition booths
from 16 of the leading private equity software and service
providers. The event was attended by 116 delegates from 73
private equity companies.
The whole day was deemed a great success, as indicated by
the very positive feedback received.
A sample of delegate feedback:
"Thank you very much for a well organized day yesterday. It
was very informative and I thoroughly enjoyed it."
"Thanks for the great conference, it was very insightful."
"Great event. It fully met my expectations."
"Thank you for putting on such a well organized and
informative conference."
"...it was very much worth it and the organization was just
superb. Thank you very much."
"It was good to see so many people there from both the
vendor and buyer side."
"Excellent venue, good source of inspiration for our choice of
software vendor."