Why Choose Transaction Manager?

PETM (Private Equity Transaction Manager) is a compliance-driven transaction management platform built specifically for private equity firms. It integrates deal execution, compliance workflows, and portfolio oversight into a single, secure, low-code environment.

Governance & Substance. Standardised. Evidenced. Done.

Managing governance and substance obligations across multiple portfolio companies and jurisdictions is notoriously complex. It’s fragmented across teams, buried in spreadsheets, and often only comes together when regulators, tax authorities or deal counterparties are already asking difficult questions.

This level of data density is exactly why a product like PETM has value. Even a “lean” private equity firm is juggling:

• Hundreds of incoming projects annually, that need structured evaluation workflows
• Dozens of investments, each requiring oversight and reporting
• Hundreds of companies and legal entities, each with compliance, governance, and regulatory requirements

PETM’s strength lies in making this manageable at scale by embedding compliance and reporting into the workflow rather than treating it as an afterthought. Designed specifically for private equity, PETM brings governance and substance oversight into a single, intelligent platform, from transaction close through to exit.

PETM serves private equity firms and their portfolio companies by strengthening reporting for compliance leaders and improving day-to-day operations for corporate administration teams and operating partners, giving them better control, visibility and efficiency across transaction management.

Regulatory rules, pre-configured and jurisdiction-aware

PETM comes with built-in rule sets aligned to the jurisdictions where you operate, such as:

• UK: Companies House filing obligations and FCA/PRA governance checks
• Luxembourg: substance requirements like board composition and meeting location
• The Channel Islands & beyond: each tailored to their local obligations

Every requirement is defined in a structured, machine-readable format, referencing either entity data, documentary evidence, or workflow activity, so nothing slips through the cracks.

PETM is built to manage complex, cross-border fund structures, tracking obligations and approvals across jurisdictions while consolidating oversight into central dashboards.

• Each jurisdiction has its own defined set of substance and governance checks
  • These are not shared or inherited
• Dashboards aggregate compliance status at the company, investment, and portfolio levels by jurisdiction

PETM embeds regulatory logic into workflows, ensuring compliance requirements (AIFMD, SEC, FCA, CFTC, etc.) are met as transactions progress.

• Creates a live audit trail, making audits and LP reporting faster and more reliable
• Requirement check statuses are limited to Met/Unmet
• A binary status makes it simple to demonstrate compliance during an audit
• PETM shows the proportion of “Met” checks versus “Unmet” across companies, investments, or the entire portfolio

This aligns with how regulators or auditors would evaluate checks: either the obligation is satisfied or it is not.

PETM’s low-code foundation can update workflows when rules or reporting obligations change, without lengthy development cycles.

• Each jurisdiction has its own defined set of substance and governance checks, which are not shared or inherited from a global template, even though their categories may be similar
• Year on year, a jurisdiction can update its requirements, under regulatory guidance, that shouldn’t affect another jurisdictions’ requirement checks

PETM is Azure-native and supports secure API integration with CRMs, DMS platforms like SharePoint or iManage, finance systems, and existing reporting solutions.

• Requires Microsoft Azure
• Best with Microsoft 365 in place
• Initial data take on scenarios
  • Excel-based data import supported
  • Custom API integration allows for continuous data flow

Security is central to PETM’s design.

• Hosted in your own private cloud environment with enterprise-grade access controls
• PETM meets strict data governance, confidentiality, and IT policy standards

You can typically launch a pilot environment within weeks, with full deployment and integration following in a phased rollout.

Because it’s low-code:

• PETM avoids the long implementation cycles common in traditional enterprise software development
• In parallel deployment capability mitigates any disruption to existing solutions
• Change management costs are low if outsorced or purely internal if self managed

Organisations that adopt PETM should achieve measurable ROI through accelerated deal execution, reduced compliance effort and enhanced audit readiness.

Why Private Equity firms choose PETM

• Regulatory confidence → Be ready for scrutiny at any moment
• Operational efficiency → Eliminate manual tracking and repetitive tasks
• Portfolio visibility → Get real-time oversight of governance & substance across hundreds of entities
• Transaction readiness → Apply standardised checks from Day 1 post-acquisition

Fastest-route: A discovery session to understand your operational challenges and compliance environment. From there, a tailored pilot to demonstrate PETM in action for your teams.

More comprehensive options: Consider signing up to our ‘Private Equity Transaction Manager (PETM) Accelerator’ below, OR for a full consultancy-led approach, apply to our ‘Operational Excellence for Private Equity’ programme.