• Validus recognized for the fifth time as Risk Management Software Provider of the Year

LONDON, February 2026 – Validus Risk Management (‘Validus’), the leading independent financial risk advisory and technology firm for private capital funds and their investors, has been named Risk Management Software Provider of the Year at the Private Equity Wire European Awards 2026.

Voted for by Private Equity Wire’s readership, the award highlights firms making a meaningful impact across the private capital industry. This year’s recognition reflects the industry’s continued confidence in Validus’ technology and Validus’ commitment to delivering practical, purpose-built risk management solutions tailored to fund sponsors and LPs.

Commenting on the award win, Jeremy Wang, Chief Product Officer at Validus Risk Management, said: “At the core of Horizon™ is the quantitative infrastructure we’ve built in-house over the past decade. Rather than relying on third-party engines, we’ve developed a unified analytics capability that supports the full lifecycle, from capital structure through to market risk, hedging and continuous monitoring. Horizon™ enables GPs to orchestrate better decisions and to deliver more consistently for their investors as they scale. “ 

The Validus Horizon™ platform reduces risk by delivering automation, near real-time data and analytics. Leveraging a single code base, Horizon cascades new functionality, developed with some of the world’s largest private equity and credit funds, to all our clients.

As a single source of truth for fund data that is typically fragmented across multiple systems and spreadsheets, Horizon’s integrated modules deliver:

• RiskView provides tailored hedge-effectiveness and risk analytics (e.g, liquidity, value at risk) with robust reporting so teams can monitor performance and align to market-risk policies (e.g., by leveraging daily hedge valuations to stay within counterparty thresholds).
• TradeView enables clients to manage order workflows more efficiently, integrating status tracking, pre-trade quotes and benchmark rates.
• PortfolioView is a single source of truth for portfolio analytics (assets, derivatives and financial-statement registers).
• Fund Finance Ops now extends Horizon’s functionality across borrowing bases and debt facilities, enabling private capital fund managers to streamline operations for managing of debt facilities, eliminating manual errors and improving covenant compliance. Get live views of borrowing base, sub-limits and relevant credit exposures, including FX and interest rate hedges.

Jeremy Wang continues, “As private capital portfolios grow along with the operational complexity introduced by “open-ended” and other vehicles, clients need analytics that remain consistent across that entire lifecycle. This Private Equity Wire award recognizes the strength of our quantitative foundation and long-term investment in future-proofing our architecture for a robustness of data, from the front- to back-office and for the flexibility to adapt to new fund structures”.

“At the core of Horizon™ is the quantitative infrastructure we’ve built in-house over the past decade. Rather than relying on third-party engines, we’ve developed a unified analytics capability that supports the full lifecycle, from capital structure through to market risk, hedging and continuous monitoring.

As private capital portfolios grow along with the operational complexity introduced by “open-ended” and other vehicles, clients need analytics that remain consistent across that entire lifecycle. This PEW award recognizes the strength of our quantitative foundation and long-term investment in future-proofing our architecture for a robustness of data from the front- to back-office and for the flexibility to adapt to new fund structures”.

“Private markets have evolved significantly in both scale and structural complexity. GPs are balancing market risks and liquidity challenges alongside growing operational and regulatory demands.

Our tech platform was designed to address this compexity- as a single source of truth for fund data that is typically fragmented across multiple systems and spreadsheets.

Horizon™ is focused on enabling GPs to orchestrate better decisions to deliver more consistently for their investors as they scale. “

Founded in 2010, Validus Risk Management is an independent technology-enabled financial services firm specializing in market risk management and fund finance solutions to the private capital industry. With best-in-class analytical tools, market expertise and proprietary technology, Validus manages over US$700 billion in FX and interest rate exposure for private capital managers across the globe. 

For more information, visit www.validusrm.com