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Timothe Fuchs, Fuchs Asset Management

Know your investors before launching in Europe

Timothe Fuchs (pictured) is the CEO of eponymous Luxembourg-based Fuchs Asset Management. With regulation becoming so vast and complex, especially in Europe, he is in no doubt that alternative investment managers need all the help they can get with respect to the day-to-day operational and compliance demands of running AIFMD-compliant

Lee Godfrey, KNEIP

The virtues of good data governance

As asset managers face a barrage of global regulation and compliance demands, one of the biggest challenges they face is knowing who is responsible for the firm's data and where its source is located.  This requires having a proper data governance framework in place to control how and where data

James Williams, Hedgeweek

Luxembourg well placed to capitalise on Fintech revolution

Fund jurisdictions will need to keep their finger on the pulse of digital technology if they are to remain competitive over the coming years. Disruptive players are springing up on a daily basis offering innovative payment solutions, transaction solutions to improve efficiency.  Blockchain technology is set to be widely embraced

Kavitha Ramachandran, Maitland Group

On track to launch first set of RAIFs

The introduction of the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund under the Luxembourg Bill of Law N∞6929 (Bill 6929) this year could be a game changer for the jurisdiction. In short, the RAIF is an investment fund product that removes the double layer of regulation. Rather, the regulation focuses on the AIFM and crucially, gives fund sponsors a

Nicolas Palate, CACEIS

Equity Bridge Financing solution helps improve IRR

CACEIS offers private equity fund managers bridge financing solutions that allow them to delay the process of collecting capital commitments from investors, thereby enhancing the internal rate of return of the fund.  In such an arrangement, CACEIS provides Equity Bridge Financing to the manager – essentially a guaranteed line of credit

Jesper Steiness, SS&C Advent

Fintech helps automate alternative funds

At SS&C Advent, an independent unit of SS&C Technologies who collectively support more than 10,000 customers worldwide, there has been, according to Jesper Steiness (pictured), Director of Global Accounts, a clear growth of interest among fund managers and service providers to improve automation with respect to alternative portfolio accounting and

Jean-Florent Richard, BNP Paribas

Ready for the RAIFolution

The recently introduced Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF) is compelling to fund managers because although it is not subject to direct supervisory authority from the CSSF, it is still a fully AIFMD-compliant product, benefiting from the European passport for marketing to professional investors in Europe.  "The time to introduce an

James Williams, Hedgeweek

The RAIF: A game changer for Luxembourg

Luxembourg has deposited a new Bill of Law with the Luxembourg Parliament called the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF) Regime. It is a regime that embraces the concept of AIFMD being manager-focused regulation. The RAIF, unlike the heretonow popular SIF, does not need to be under the direct supervision of

Capital Springboard launches alt finance fund in Singapore

Capital Springboard, a peer-to-peer invoice financing platform, has launched the Pentad Capital Springboard Class for accredited investors in Singapore, through its partnership with Centurion Portfolio Managers. The fund provides exposure to Capital Springboard’s platform, which has transacted over SGD110 million on its platform since its pilot testing phase, via a

Noerr advises on acquisition of Betten Duscher by Odewald

Noerr has advised the financing bank consortium on the acquisition of a majority stake in Betten Duscher by the investment company Odewald KMU. DZ Bank, Bremer Kreditbank and BHF-Bank belong to the consortium.   Odenwald has acquired the company within the scope of a succession arrangement regarding the new fund

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