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Education & Training

Shamrock invests in Learn on Demand Systems

Shamrock Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment firm, has made an investment in Learn on Demand Systems, a specialist provider of virtual labs used to power hands-on, experiential technology training. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  Learn on Demand Systems provides cloud-based virtual lab environments to address a range of

Dohop secures investment from SEP

Icelandic airline software vendor Dohop has raised an undisclosed growth equity round from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).  With this investment, Dohop will be able to accelerate its plans to transform how airlines and other travel providers enable passengers to build complex itineraries as the global travel industry transforms in the

ILPA publishes diversity and inclusion roadmap for private equity industry

The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has published an online Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Roadmap for the global private equity (PE) industry.  The Roadmap is comprised of best practices that both general and limited partners can adopt to advance D&I at their own organisations and throughout the PE ecosystem. Each best practice

Andrew Borowiec, IMDAA

IMDDA names first Chartered Due Diligence Analysts

The Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA) has named the first-ever group of people to achieve the new Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) designation after sitting for and passing an intensive examination.  Under development by the IMDDA for more than two and a half years, the CDDA designation denotes a

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IMDAA extends period for first CDDA global designation exam

Due to high demand, the Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an investor-based organisation dedicated to professionals who investigate facts concerning investment programs, has extended the global testing period for its first Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) test to 31 March 2019.  The IMDDA also announced the opening of registration

QDOOZ launches GBP500,000 Crowdcube crowdfunding campaign

QDOOZ, a life skills improvement platform, has launched a month-long crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise a minimum of GBP500,000. QDOOZ will cap the Crowdcube raise to a maximum of GBP1,550,000. This campaign comes after a successful earlier round of funding which raised GBP3 million from 50 private investors.  

Announcement

IMDAA opens applications for inaugural due diligence designation

The Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an exclusive investor-based organisation dedicated to the professionals who investigate facts concerning investment programs, has opened applications for the first class of its new professional due diligence designation. The IMDDA’s Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) will be an internationally recognised designation developed to

Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, Ibis Capital

Ibis Capital to launch education technology SPAC

Ibis Capital, profiled in AlphaQ, a specialist education technology alternative investment manager, is to launch the world’s first education technology special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The new company will be called EdTechX Holdings and will list on Nasdaq, according to a regulatory filing.   ExTechX Holdings intends to build a

Andrew Borowiec, IMDDA

IMDDA to launch professional due diligence designation in Q4 2018

The Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an investor-based organisation dedicated to the professionals who investigate facts concerning investment programs, is to launch a professional due diligence designation program later this year. The Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) will be an internationally recognised designation developed to ISO 17024 and ANSI

Bill Kelly, CAIA

Investment education is key says CAIA head

Founded in 2002, the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA) has gone from strength to strength in the alternative investment education arena. William Kelly (pictured), CAIA CEO, joined in 2014 and declares that, while it’s been an interesting run, the value proposition of alternatives is alive and well.   Kelly

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