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operational due diligence

How to ace an Operational Due Diligence exercise

George Ralph, Managing Director of RFA, recently chaired a breakfast briefing on Operational Due Diligence for private equity firms. With a knowledgeable and varied panel he debated the growing importance of being absolutely shipshape and watertight when it comes to investor due diligence around operations and talked about how GDPR

Cordium Doug Morgan

ACA Compliance Group to acquire Cordium

ACA Compliance Group (ACA) is to acquire Cordium, a provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) services. The financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close this summer, subject to regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed. The complementary strengths of both firms will ensure that clients will have

Adam Freedman, Angelo Gordon

Angelo, Gordon & Co to implement Intapp Terms technology

Alternative investment firm Angelo, Gordon & Co has selected Intapp Terms to track and manage side letters, limited partnership agreements (LPAs) and other investor contracts. Angelo, Gordon’s investor relations and compliance teams will use AI-assisted technology from Intapp to categorise the terms specified in each LPA and side letter as

Paul Smith, GFIA

Guersney expecting increased interest in PIF

Guernsey’s fund sector is expecting increased interest in its Private Investment Fund following a change in its rules and guidance. The move from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission was announced last week, removing the need for a licensed investment manager to warrant an investor’s ability to sustain financial loss, replaced

Warranty removed in update of Guernsey’s Private Investment Fund

Changes are being made to Guernsey’s Private Investment Fund (PIF) regime following a one-year review undertaken by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC). The move is expected to improve the take-up of the product, which was launched in November 2016.   The GFSC has amended the PIF rules and guidance

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New private equity rules risk future funding for European companies, warns Invest Europe

Changes to regulation, proposed today by the European Commission, could limit future funding prospects for one-in-four companies seeking private equity investment, says Invest Europe. Part of the Commission’s Capital Markets Union action plan, the initiative is intended to improve cross-border capital investment flow in the European Union. However, today’s announced

Cybersecurity

Koger enhances compliance software for complete financial crime prevention

Koger has enhanced its compliance technology to provide a comprehensive tool for financial crime prevention.  The company’s KURE software handles all aspects of Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Client (AML/KYC) due diligence, as well as complete Customer Lifecycle Management (CLM). Koger provides software for investor services, compliance and business process

J Christopher Giancarlo, CFTC

US CFTC and UK FCA to collaborate on FinTech innovation

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are to collaborate and support innovative firms through each other’s financial technology (FinTech) initiatives – LabCFTC and FCA Innovate. “The FCA’s Project Innovate is the gold standard for thoughtful regulatory engagement with emerging technological innovation,” says

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