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The efficiency jackpot hiding in the private equity back office

As featured in A-Team Insight
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Gareth Hewitt
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January 9, 2026

Private equity firms and fund administrators are carrying heavier workloads and closer scrutiny than ever, yet many back offices still run on tools built for a slower era. Writing in A-Team Insight, LemonEdge co-founder Gareth Hewitt explains why misplaced caution keeps firms wedded to workarounds that scatter calculations across spreadsheets, complicate audit trails, and concentrate knowledge in a few heads. His argument: modern platforms that unify core processes and automate the hardest tasks do more than save time, they rebuild trust in the numbers and cut key-person risk. As Gareth Hewitt writes: “When people can see where a number came from and how it was approved, they trust the system.”

Read the full article in A-Team Insight: https://a-teaminsight.com/blog/free-from-fear-and-lock-in-the-efficiency-jackpot-back-offices-in-pe-can-deliver/?brand=ati

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