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Custom House Fund Services enhances Gateway portal for US market 

Custom House Fund Services, a provider of financial services to the alternative investment sector, is to release significant enhancements to its Gateway technology platform over the next few months.  Gateway is the company’s web based portal that connects fund servicing with solutions across the middle and back office, designed specifically

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Elian opens New York Office

Elian, a provider of corporate services, fund services, private wealth and capital services, has extended its international footprint with the opening of an office in New York.   The New York office will support Elian’s fast-growing and comprehensive range of corporate services, including corporate structuring, structured finance and asset finance.

upmysport receives GBP1m in funding backed by Angel CoFund

upmysport, the platform designed to make it easier for people to meet recommended sport and fitness instructors in their area, has today announced a successful seed round of fundraising totalling GBP1 million.  The round was led by private investors working in partnership with Government-backed investment fund, the Angel CoFund. Founded

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Rede Partners doubles team size to cater for growing demand

Rede Partners, the fundraising and private equity secondaries advisory firm, has expanded its team from 10 to over 20 people since the beginning of last year, on the back of a strong run of closings and an increase in demand for its services. Since Rede was established in 2011 the

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Northern Trust launches alternative asset manager 50 South Capital Advisors

Northern Trust has established a registered investment advisor subsidiary, 50 South Capital Advisors, which will provide investors with customised solutions through its access to private equity and hedge fund managers in the small- and mid-market segments. Led by Managing Director Robert P Morgan, a 25-year veteran of financial services and

Backstop Solutions Group acquires Cogency Software

Backstop Solutions Group has acquired Cogency Software, a provider of accounting solutions for multi-manager investment firms.   Cogency’s clients are some of the world’s leading Fund of Funds, Endowments, Pensions, Outsourced CIOs, and Family Offices who collectively represent over USD100 billion of assets on the Cogency platform. With the addition

Cybersecurity: Walking a tight rope between transparency and control

Trevor Chisholm, Director of Alternative Investments at Intralinks has appeared in a new video on Asset TV. The interview discusses how managers can achieve transparency whilst still maintaining control.  This is becoming something of a juggling act for managers as they grapple with the expectations of sharing more details on

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CVC Capital Partners acquires Douglas from Advent International

Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners are to acquire Douglas AG (Douglas) from a holding jointly held by Advent International (Advent) and the Kreke family. The purchase price has not been disclosed.  The Kreke family has furthermore agreed with CVC to reinvest in Douglas AG through a joint holding company

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BGF launches largest venture fund for UK businesses

BGF (Business Growth Fund) is launching the largest ever venture capital fund dedicated to earlier stage UK technology companies. The GBP200m fund will be run by a new, dedicated team based in London and will open for business in autumn 2015. The initial team will be Rory Stirling and Harry

Neuberger Berman establishes Italian private equity team

Neuberger Berman has formed a strategic partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo to pursue direct investments in Italian companies. As part of this cooperation, Marco Cerrina Feroni and Fabio Canè, who previously led Intesa Sanpaolo’s merchant banking and private equity operations, and several members of their team, have joined Neuberger Berman together

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