19 Feb 2015
Owning an AIFM without the operational burden
Cordium, one of the industry’s leading regulatory and compliance firms, has devised a new offering for the European market to help managers…
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Extending AIFM license to PE and real estate funds
Last May, MS Management Services SA, a Luxembourg-based subsidiary of the Maitland group, received authorisation from the CSSF to act as a…
ESMA needs to clarify specific Annex IV issues
Ask any AIFM what the key regulatory challenge is under AIFMD and the response is unanimous: Annex IV reporting. The first deadline, 31…
How to access Europe using third party AIFMs
Alternative fund managers wishing to continue to market their funds into Europe have to navigate unchartered territory. The AIFMD only…
Natixis Global Asset Management in talks to acquire DNCA
Natixis has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire DNCA. If the deal is completed, DNCA would would join Natixis Global Asset…
Apex Fund Services adds new MD
Independent fund administrator Apex Fund Services has appointed Dennis Westley as Managing Director, North America with immediate effect.By…
Venovate partners with Capital Hedge to bring alt investments to mid-sized institutions and family offices
Venovate and Capital Hedge have formed a partnership to offer better, faster, and broader access to alternative investments for family…
Elsen accelerates computational finance with NVIDIA Tesla Accelerated Computing Platform
Elsen is using NVIDIA technology to bring massive gains in speed and efficiency to the financial calculations run by hedge funds and other…
Hedge funds in the black – just – in January
Hedge funds have started 2015 in the black, but only just, according to Preqin’s January 2015 Hedge Fund Performance Benchmarks. The Preqin…
18 Feb 2015
STOXX expands smart beta offering with STOXX Sharpe Ratio index family
STOXX Limited has expanded its smart beta offering with the release of a new index family that selects components based on their Sharpe…
PineBridge Investments appoints Anik Sen as Global Head of Equities
Multi-asset class investment manager PineBridge Investments has appointed Anik Sen as Global Head of Equities, effective immediately. Sen…
Biggest challenges facing private equity managers in 2015
In an extract from the recently released 2015 Preqin Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Report, we analyze the results of Preqin’s…
Abacus Group named as ESP on Managed Service Provider 500
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has been named as an Elite Services Provider…
SS&C GlobeOp completes Annex IV Filings for 50 AIFMs
SS&C Technologies Holdings has completed completion of Annex IV filing for over 50 Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and 300…
Lewis Kaufman joins Artisan Partners
Artisan Partners Asset Management has recruited Lewis Kaufman to start a new autonomous investment team – the firm’s seventh in total. At…
