24 Oct 2014
SCSp gives real estate fund managers greater choice
PwC Luxembourg is the leading professional services firm in the country with around 2,400 people. Similarly, its Real Estate and…
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Luxembourg leads in AIFMD stakes
By Kavitha Ramachandran, Maitland - As the alternative investment market matures, investors are increasingly demanding far more information…
Luxembourg develops the right ecosystem to support PERE managers
A true sign of how well a fund jurisdiction is doing is the level of growth, not just in new fund formations, but asset growth within…
Annex IV reporting: the challenges of a moving target
There is no experience as the one gained in the front lines. The fund industry struggles with changing regulation, and those companies…
Full service menu to handle European regulations
It is fair to say that alternative fund managers are feeling a degree of regulatory fatigue. Every month, it seems, there are updates,…
Growing appetite for hybrid fund structures
“There has been a lot of fund activity in Luxembourg this year focused on private equity and real estate. It’s an area of growing investor…
SCSp is now part of the fund structuring toolbox
“The Special Limited Partnership (SCSp) has been successfully introduced into Luxembourg law. It is set to benefit from onshore fund…
Coping with the demands of risk transparency
Today’s prevailing narrative is quite simple: heightened demands for a transparent view of investment risks are putting considerable…
Luxembourg braces itself for increased PERE fund activity
According to figures released by ALFI at the end of July 2014, there were 3,891 funds with total assets of EUR2.90trn. By comparison, at…
Greenwich Associates names leading brokers in European and North American equity derivatives
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley have maintained their positions as the leading brokers of flow equity…
Alternatives Insight: Alternative EM Offers Diversification in Current Market Conditions
In this report, we discuss the attractiveness of Emerging Market equities based on valuation criteria. We also show that Alternative EM is…
Hedge fund assets down 1.5 per cent in September, says eVestment
Total assets in hedge funds decreased 1.5 per cent in September to USD3.012 trillion, according to the latest Hedge Fund Asset Flows report…
Institutional investors to focus on fewer key relationships, survey shows
More than half (57 per cent) of institutional investors plan to narrow down the number of different alternative asset managers they work…
23 Oct 2014
Orangefield appoints Anna Coutts Donald as director in UK office
Orangefield, a provider of corporate and fund services, has appointed Anna Coutts Donald as director at its UK office. Coutts Donald will…