The redesigned 4vco website will be launched in March, to coincide with the brand new PESS Directory. The Directory will contain profiles of over 30 private equity software and service providers and will be free to download by visitors to the new site.

4vco can also confirm that PESS 2010, its annual showcase event, will be held in London on Tuesday 29th June. Mark the event in your diary now and look out for further details which will be communicated in March.

4vco - PE IT Networking Group

4vco has started a networking group for IT professionals working for private equity organisations. The second networking evening will be held in London on 22nd March 2010 and will include discussions on formalising the group.

To find out more details contact paul.thompson@4vco.com or to register visit www.4vco.com/peit

AnalytX - announces Microsoft Great Plains integration

From the press release:
"AnalytX now fully integrates with Microsoft Great Plains accounting system.The Objective Assets (OA) general ledger robustly integrates with Great Plains, providing a high end accounting solution for middle to large private equity funds, family offices and funds of funds. OA internal chart of accounts can be synchronized with Great Plains providing a replica of the chart of account structure in OA. Creation of GL entries in OA are synchronized with Great Plains upon batch posting. The full features of Great Plains are then available including accounts receivable, accounts payable/disbursements, bank reconciliation, and full reporting."Read the press release at www.analytx.com/activity-microsoft-great-plains-integration-822

Vantage Software - new functionality for fund raising

From the press release:
"Vantage Investor 3.0 provides powerful new features designed to enhance fund raising efforts. These tools include advanced mobility options for specialized access across a wide spectrum of handheld devices, such as Blackberry Smartphones and Apple iPhones, as well as new and innovative Outlook integration options that drive maximum team productivity."

Read the press release here

eFront - opens Montreal office to pursue North American growth

From the press release:
"eFront has just opened a new office in Montreal, Canada. The new office will focus on Private Equity and Real Estate investment sectors in Canada. The Montreal office will provide implementation services and local support to eFront customers in the region."

Read the full press release at http://www.efront.com/News/eFront-opens-a-new-office-in-Montreal-to-pursue-North-American-growth_29/

eFront - announces strategic partnership for real estate solutions

From the press release:
"eFront and Cougar Software have announced the formation of a new strategic partnership, offering the first real-time integrated real estate forecasting, portfolio modelling, and investor management solution."

Read the full press release at http://www.efront.com/News/Partnership-Announcement_38/

State Street - acquires Mourant

From the press release:
"Acquisition Expected to Make State Street Largest Alternative Asset Servicing Provider Globally With $600 Billion in Assets Under Administration. State Street Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that it is expanding its global fund administration and alternative servicing capabilities with an agreement to acquire Mourant International Finance Administration - contd."

Read the full press release at www.mourant.com/userfiles/files/State%20Street%20Media%20Announcement.pdf

Burgiss Group - names James Bachman Director of Research

The Burgiss Group has promoted James Bachman to Director of Research. In his new role, James will be directing the firm's research-related initiatives and lead the expansion of the portfolio management capabilities of the Burgiss Group products and services.

Read the full press release at http://www.burgiss.com/Files/Admin/Press_Releases/20100302_Kusner_Announcement.pdf

Liquid Scenarios - completes valuation analysis on 500 companies

From the press release:
"The speed, accuracy, adaptability and simplicity of the intelligent-decision software and platform generated the 'valuation' analysis across 500 companies that received Series B funding in the past 18 months. Model real-time scenarios and view analysis instantly through interactive venture dashboards."

For more details visit www.liquidscenarios.com

Liquid Scenarios - Sharespost adds company as research partner

From the press release:
"Liquid Scenarios helps Sharespost members gain access to thousands of private company research. Sharespost featured distinct class of security valuation reports delivered by Liquid Scenarios "One Click" intelligent-decision software on BitGravity, 56.com, Demand Media, Federated Media, Glam Media, hi5, Huffington Post, LinkedIn and more."

More information at www.sharespost.com/research

DAVIGOLD - announces LBOffice 3

From the press release:
"DAVIGOLD is releasing LBOffice 3, the new advanced solution for Private Equity investors; a major enhancement in LBOffice 3 is that it includes integration with all global stock exchanges, with a deep analysis tool which enables Private Equity investors to compare the valuation of their prospective deals and of their portfolio companies to similar quoted companies, globally, thanks to user pre-defined criteria (geography, range of revenues, multiple on EBIT...)."

More information at www.davigold.com

Augentius - New Offices

Augentius announces new offices in Luxembourg and Mauritius.

More details at www.augentius.com

Vitech - Standard Chartered Bank selects Equitrak

From the press release:
"Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has selected Equitrak as a new Transfer Agency solution. SCB will use Equitrak for investor servicing activities associated with its multi-market Fund Services business in Asia. SCB presently uses Equitrak for its regional private equity and hedge fund administration offering."

More details at http://www.vitechinc.com/news_engb_scb.asp

Vitech - Hauck and Aufhäuser Taps the Power of Equitrak

From the press release:
"Luxembourg-based Hauck and Aufhäuser has selected Equitrak as its new fund administration platform for alternative investment structures. Hauck and Aufhäuser chose Equitrak for its superior fund accounting, partnership administration, portfolio management, and management reporting capabilities."

Relevant - adds new features

From Ray Haarstick - CEO and Founder:
"Relevant has added style sheets to reports generated by its integrated back- and front-office solution, Relevant EquityWorks v6.5.

DBA's can now standardize the format of all reports generated by 'EW', including logo placement and the fonts and colours used for report titles, descriptions, column headers, body text and footers."

For more information contact sales@relevant.us

Netage - Survey underscores the importance of Investor Portals

From the press release:
"Netage Solutions, Inc., a premier provider of CRM software and online reporting systems for the alternative assets industry, today announced the results of a survey which reveals that while limited partners (LPs) and their advisors overwhelmingly agree that online reporting systems help increase transparency, a large portion of alternative investment firms may be hindering their capital-raising efforts by not providing investors with access to such systems."

Read the press release and download the survey results at www.netagesolutions.com/page/27/news/104

Ipes Jersey - wins administration role for The Black Sea Property Fund Limited

The Black Sea Property Fund Limited has appointed Ipes Jersey to provide administration services for its AIM listed fund. Incorporated in Jersey, and operating in Bulgaria, the AIM listed fund makes investments in the development, financing and sale of residential property in Bulgaria.

For more information visit http://www.ipes.com/media/news/Ipes-Jersey-Wins-Administration-Role/2010/3/archive.html

3i InfoTech-Framework - Friesland Bank selects Framework

From the press release:
"Dutch private equity firm, Friesland Bank Investments (FBI), has become the latest organisation to select 3i Infotech-Framework (Framework), the leading UK provider of software solutions to the global private equity community, to manage its private equity investment portfolio."

More details at www.frameworksoftware.com/news/Friesland_Bank_Investments

Capital Support - announced in Top 100 Managed Service Providers worldwide

From the press release:
"Capital Support is delighted to announce its inclusion in the much coveted 2009-10 MSP Mentor 100 rankings - the IT Support Industry's who's who of the top IT Solution Providers worldwide."

More details at www.capitalsupport.com/About-Us/News.aspx

Capital Support - premier IT partnership for Index Ventures

From the press release:
"Leading IT Solutions Provider, Capital Support is delighted to announce an IT Support partnership with Index Ventures LLP, one of Europe's foremost information technology and life sciences Venture Capital firms."

More details at www.capitalsupport.com/About-Us/News.aspx

Touchstone Group - Microsoft Dynamics for Private Equity - Breakfast Briefing

From the press release:
"Touchstone Group is running a breakfast briefing on Wednesday 17th March, London explaining the benefits that Microsoft Dynamics can bring to both front and back office functions within a PE firm. The session will look at how both Microsoft Dynamics GP and CRM have been used to streamline processes around accounting, deal flow, investor relations and reporting."

Navatar Group - Navatar Private Equity CRM - 50 customer milestone

From the press release:
"Navatar Private Equity CRM and Operations, built on salesforce.com's cloud computing platform, has quickly ramped up to more than 50 Private Equity customers - including Carlyle Group, MidOcean Partners, Alchemy Partners - in less than two years. Navatar Group, a global salesforce.com Value Added Reseller in financial services, provides all implementation services, accounts/contacts migration, training, maintenance and email support free of charge."

For more information visit www.navatargroup.com

SunGard Investran - LS Power selects Investran

From the press release:
"LS Power has selected SunGard's Investran to help the firm address its accounting needs for private equity administration."

More details at www.sungard.com/campaigns/fs/alternativeinvestments/investran/news.aspx

SunGard Investran - 'A Data Hungry Market' Workshop audio clips

Michael Sala of Investran presented on the 'A Data Hungry Market' Workshop at the New York 2010 PEI CFO COO Forum.

Download audio clips www.sungard.com/en/sitecore/content/campaigns/fs/alternativeinvestments/investran/resources/investranaudio.aspx

SunGard Investran - planning first online training course for EMEA customers

Investran is planning its first online training course for EMEA customers in March.

Baxon - client news and new functionality

From Baxon:

"Baxon has successfully implemented projects for new clients in India, the UAE and the USA.
New valuation functionalities and reports have been added to Baxon's Portfolio Management and Reporting platform to optimize compliance with the EVCA and FASB 157 standards.
Baxon has recently released its mobile platform for Blackberry, iPhone and other mobile devices, and released a complete online encrypted repository of files."

More details at www.baxonpe.com

Events - details

PEI - Private Equity Investor Relations

2-3 March 2010 in London
For more details click here

EVCA Investors' Forum

10-11 March 2010 in Geneva

For more details click here

4vco - PE IT Networking Evening

22 March 2010 in London
More details at www.4vco.com/peit

Infoline - Private Equity Regulation, Accounting and Taxation

25-27 May 2010 in London
More details at www.infoline.org.uk/privateequity

4vco - Private Equity Software and Service Providers Showcase

29 June 2010 in London
Register for more details at info@4vco.com

4vco Newsletter - Issue 41- Q1 2010

Contents

Industry News - Headlines

Industry News - in detail

4vco - PESS Directory and Showcase event