Edge Technology Group, a Managed Service Provider to the financial sector, has released a paper exploring several key factors to aid investment firms in developing an informed cloud migration strategy. The paper also provides key findings from the Gartner research report, ‘Build the Right Justification for Moving to the Cloud’
A new survey of institutional asset managers, consultants and investors confirms compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) is on the rise, with 84 per cent of asset managers responding saying their firms are GIPS compliant. This is up from 72 per cent who claimed compliance in 2014, the
Private equity fund distributions have outweighed capital calls by a significant and striking degree over the past five years. Data from eFront, the world’s leading alternative investment management software and solutions provider, shows that since the start of 2013, distributions from private equity funds have remained at historically high levels,
It has become more challenging for institutional asset owners to find compelling opportunities in private debt, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson which examines the key principles that investors should follow in order to invest most effectively in the sector. According to the report, ‘Finding value in private
CUSIP identifier requests for the broad category of US and Canadian corporate offerings, which includes both equity and debt, totalled 4,197 in July, down 16.6 per cent from June, according to CUSIP Global Services’ (CGS) latest CUSIP Issuance Trends Report. On a year-over-year basis, corporate identifier request volume through July
BDO publication Horizons reveals that global mid-market M&A activity in Q2 2018 dropped 6.6 per cent; in other words, a total of 1,782 deals were registered, representing a total deal value of USD157.8 billion – or a 4.5 per cent drop – compared to Q1 of this year. When the
The value of UK M&A deals involving e-retail businesses has jumped to GBP461 million in 2017/18, a fourteen-fold increase from just GBP31 million the previous year, says RPC, the City-headquartered law firm. RPC says that this M&A activity has been driven by deals targeting luxury fashion e-retailers, as both luxury
The State Street Global Exchange Private Equity Index (GXPEI) ended the first quarter of 2018 with a slight increase of 2.44 per cent. The Buyout funds category ended its streak of eight quarters of outperformance with a 2.09 per cent gain, lagging behind the 3.78 per cent return from Venture
Resurgens Technology Partners has acquired InvestorForce from MSCI and is to merge it with portfolio company Investment Metrics. The combined investment analytics and reporting solutions business will cater for investment consultants, wealth managers and investment managers. The transaction is expected to close within the next three months, subject to customary
The number of alternative fund managers choosing to future-proof their EU-focused funds through Jersey continued to grow in the first six months of 2018, according to the latest figures from Jersey’s financial regulator. Data from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) for the period ending 30 June 2018 shows that
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