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Dr Oliver Heiland

Dr Oliver Heiland is founder and Managing Director at Capital for Resilience Advisors, specializing in private market strategy and governance for asset managers and institutional investors. He is the originator of the governance-by-design framework advanced in this series. Trained at Allen & Overy, he held senior roles at Allianz Global Investors and DEKA and served as Managing Director of a CSSF-regulated AIFM. He is a member of the faculty at the Institute for Law and Finance (ILF), Frankfurt. Email: heiland@cfr-advisors.com

heiland@cfr-advisors.com

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Governance-by-design for private markets: from funds to platforms

In this article, the authors diagnose a governance paradox in private markets: as operating models shift from fund-by-fund deployment to platform-level management, decision-making authority is centralised while fiduciary obligations remain fragmented across legally separate vehicles. Governance frameworks designed for episodic, vehicle-level decisions are structurally exposed to ad hoc retrofits that may not reliably balance competing investor interests.

22 MAY 2026

ESG integration and Social Taxonomy developments in the EU Sustainable Finance Framework

This article considers recent Social Taxonomy developments under the EU Sustainable Finance Framework and what the introduction of a Social Taxonomy could mean for financial market participants and financial products.

1 SEP 2021