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Drake Paulson

Drake Paulson

VP, Head of Partnership and Client Experience at Anduin Transactions
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Career History Drake is a 25-year veteran of the private equity and financial technology industries.

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Innovation in Financial Services

Private market firms struggle to balance growth and operational spend

30 Jan 2024

From 2008 to 2022, private funds enjoyed turbocharged growth when their assets under management (AUM) soared five-fold to reach $13 trillion. The AUM metric came to rival returns as the golden benchmark of success and drove a surge in compensation for general partners and their teams. Money rolled into private markets, and with channels to private...

Capital Markets Technology

Private Equity's New Frontier: Targeting Individual Investors Amidst Rising Challenges

12 Dec 2023

The democratization of private markets has captured the industry’s attention, and it’s easy to understand why. Individual investors own about half of the estimated $275 trillion in global assets under management (AUM), but hold just 16% of alternatives’ market value. High-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) with $1 to $5 million in investable assets re...

Private Equity Investing in Financial Technology

Automating the Investor Experience: A Win-Win for Private Funds—and for LPs

11 Oct 2023

A smooth subscription process is critical to private market relationships, especially given the current downturn in funding. Yet, manual compliance and onboarding processes are still prevalent at many firms. This not only creates tedious back-office work, it’s costly and ultimately slows down fund growth. Meanwhile, some private equity firms are e...