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Bermuda launches New York business development initiative

Bermuda’s asset management sector has launched a high-level targeted business development roadshow in New York designed to attract asset management and fund business to Bermuda. Emphasis is being placed on the recent moderniszation of Bermuda’s fund legislation which facilitates fast-track fund registrations.   In collaboration, the Bermuda Ministry of Economic

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Power Capital Holdings launches global power sector PE firm

Power Capital Holdings has launched a new global power sector private equity firm, Power Capital Partners LLC (PCP) in partnership with Hunt Power Capital Partners, LLC (HPCP). PCP is based in White Plains, New York, with a regional office in Austin, Texas. PCP's creation results from the combination of a

Henry Kravis, co-founder, KKR

KKR’s Green Portfolio Program surpasses USD900m in financial impact

KKR’s Green Portfolio Program (GPP) has produced an estimated USD917 million in cost savings and added revenue and more than 1.8 million metric tons of GHGs avoided between 2008 and 2012. The GPP is an operational improvement program that uses an “environmental lens” to assess critical business activities of KKR’s

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Custom House Global Fund Services launches Custom House Gateway for US market

Custom House Global Fund Services has launched Custom House Gateway, a web portal that connects fund servicing with solutions across the middle and back office, designed for US alternative investment managers. “The US hedge fund industry is growing fast globally, adding USD150 billion in assets under management in 2013. At

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Banks welcome private equity investors, says survey

The lights are on green for private equity investors in the German SME sector, according to the latest autumn survey of the private equity panel polled three times a year by CMS Hasche Sigle and FINANCE magazine. The banks seem to be courting them almost as enthusiastically as in the

Keith Wade, Schroders

US debt debacle: The show’s over – for now

Schroders Chief Economist, Keith Wade (pictured), comments on the US Congress decision to approve federal spending and lift the debt ceiling after 16 days of government shutdown, and the impact that this could have on markets… After 16 days of government shutdown, Congress has approved a bill to fund federal

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MSCI ESG Research launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

MSCI has launched MSCI ESG DataMetrics, a set of ESG scores, indicators and data to facilitate quantitative analysis, development of proprietary ESG models and reporting on ESG and portfolio footprint analysis. Remy Briand, Managing Director and Head of MSCI Index and ESG Research, says: “With investor awareness on ESG issues

Dr Laurence Wormald, SunGard

Effects of a US debt default will be profound

Dr Laurence Wormald (pictured), head of buy side risk research at SunGard, comments on the impact of the US debt ceiling… US sovereign default is a very big deal, although the government shutdown has had only a mild effect on investors’ view of the US equities markets.  The VIX “fear

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Kinetic Partners releases AIFMD checklist

Kinetic Partners has unveiled its ‘AIFMD checklist’ for use by compliance and risk departments within both full-scope Alternative Investment fund managers (AIFMs) and small authorised/registered UK AIFMs. The list has been designed to give firms an accurate picture of their progress along the road to meeting the AIFMD regulations.  

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