Malta hosts a wide range of service providers, all of whom are well versed in structuring and supporting alternative investment funds, fund administration, risk management and so on. According to the MFSA’s statistics for Q1 2017, Malta had 26 recognised fund administrators, 115 Category 2 investment services groups, and 153
Traditionally, Luxembourg’s fund industry has always been based on the products being regulated. Both UCITS funds, and Specialised Investment Funds (SIFs) under AIFMD, work on this premise. However, the Grand Duchy was quick to realise that given AIFMD is manager regulation, it created a double layer of regulation for alternative
What does the future hold for the raising of funds in Europe? Wayne Atkinson (pictured) of Collas Crill, on behalf of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association, takes a closer look… With the arrival of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), many were quick to bemoan what they saw as the
By James Williams – 1. Choosing the Fund’s European Domicile: One of the hardest decisions for any start-up or established manager wishing to launch a European Alternative Investment Fund is picking the most suitable jurisdiction. Europe has multiple fund centres, including Luxembourg, Ireland, Malta and The Netherlands, each of which
Online alternative investment platform Crowdmatrix is now providing investors with access to high growth private technology companies through the Plaza Ventures Fund IV venture capital fund. Traditionally, becoming an investor in a venture capital fund requires a six-figure minimum buy in; however, Crowdmatrix’s platform enables accredited investors to invest much
Sustainability solutions provider South Pole Group has sold its subsidiary Climate Neutral Investments (CNI) to Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS), a provider of end-to-end corporate governance and responsible investment solutions to the financial community. Back in 2010, South Pole Group was one of the frontrunners in calculating carbon emissions of
Pamplona Capital Management is to acquire Perexel International Corporation for USD88.10 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately USD5.0 billion, including Parexel’s net debt. The purchase price represents a 27.9 per cent premium to Parexel’s unaffected closing stock price on 5 May, 2017, the last trading day
LLR Partners has acquired 3SI Security Systems, a specialist in asset protection systems and GPS tracking technologies. LLR will support the company’s continued growth through expanded sales and marketing, further technology infrastructure development and strategic acquisitions. Protecting more than 250,000 client locations worldwide, 3SI’s solutions combat crime through GPS
Ufenau Capital Partners (Ufenau) has sold its majority shareholding in NRW Building Technology Holding (NRW) to funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital (Bregal). NRW, headquartered in Nordrhine-Westphalia and active at further six locations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, is one of the leading independent technical building solutions providers with high quality
Investment Metrics, a provider of performance measurement, investment analytics, risk attribution, market intelligence and reporting software to the investment management industry, has secured a significant equity investment from Resurgens Technology Partners and HarbourVest Partners. The new partnership will enable Investment Metrics to make continued investments in its existing solutions and
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