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Luis Pedro

Rebuilding Swiss investor confidence in hedge funds

Oligo Swiss Fund Services received its license from the Swiss authorities 13 months ago to provide Swiss legal representative services and has already onboarded more than 200 funds registered for distribution to Swiss qualified investors. These include offshore hedge funds, UCITS-compliant hedge funds and private equity funds.  "Our team has

Michael Appenzeller

Assetbox solution for Swiss wealth managers

Two years ago, in recognition of the regulatory burden facing Swiss fund managers, Pfaeffikon-headquartered Etops, an independent operational service provider for hedge funds and investors like family offices and wealth managers, combined forces with Deloitte to develop a unique solution called Assetbox.  Assetbox contains a series of modules to support

Joe Vittoria

Mirabella and CTAS platforms provide pathway to AIFM status

One of the primary reasons for investment managers choosing to use regulatory hosted services such as those provided by Mirabella, part of the Cordium group, is because of the time it takes regulators to approve manager applications; sometimes up to nine months in the UK.  For start-up managers entering the

RegERM reporting solution for Annex IV compliance

Regulatory reporting remains a pertinent issue for a lot of fund managers under AIFMD. One of the attractions of going with a fully outsourced AIFM, which can also provide sub-fund capabilities for those dipping their toe into Europe, is that the reporting and operational compliance function is taken care of. 

European Capital acquires majority stake in Cordium

European Capital is to acquire a majority stake in Cordium, subject to change of control consent by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Malta Financial Services Authority. 

 The majority share was purchased from Sovereign Capital, a UK-based buy-and-build specialist and Cordium’s private equity backer since November 2010. Through Sovereign’s

New models of efficiency for private equity general partners

By Jonathan Broch (pictured), Head of Strategy for Private Equity, SunGard – While operational efficiency is a concern for most financial institutions today, private equity general partners (GPs) face their own unique challenges. As the demands for information continue to mount, to what extent can specialist private equity software and the

Maples Group’s AIFM solution gains traction

Since the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) came into full effect, MPMF Fund Management (Ireland) Limited is continuing to gain momentum. MPMF has on-boarded a number of well-known alternative investment funds (AIFs) and anticipates continued significant interest in the services offered.     AIFMD is the European Union (EU) directive

Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services and Confluence launch Annex IV reporting services

Confluence is to provide Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services with a range of reporting solutions for its new Annex IV reporting services for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). The new services allow AIFMs that are managing or marketing alternative investment funds (AIFs) in the EU to submit Annex IV reports to their

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BNP Paribas Securities Services’ AIFMD reporting solution eases administrative burden for fund managers

BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched an outsourcing service for AIFMD reporting, allowing asset managers to fulfil their reporting obligations without the associated administrative and financial burden. Under the directive, alternative investment funds including hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds, and funds of funds must report certain information,

Pacific Fund Systems delivers automated AIFMD Annex IV reporting solution

Pacific Fund Systems (PFS) has delivered an automated AIFMD Annex IV reporting solution in the latest release of its PFS-PAXUS fund accounting and share registry software platform. The solution, which is fully integrated into PFS-PAXUS, facilitates the automated generation of an XML file in ESMA format for submission to local

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