Within the capital markets, there remain a large number of institutional investors seeking out unique opportunities in alternative investments. One such area is insurance-linked securities (ILS), which have built significant traction since the 2008 financial crash. Estera has been providing corporate, trust, fund and accounting services for over 25 years and
Tax transparency has been an evolving focal point for the world’s economies as governments look to satisfy rigorous global compliance standards and shore up their tax revenues. Western media have focused on international financial centres following recent years’ cyber breaches that led to sensationalistic reporting about offshore investments, stoking a
CompIQ, an enterprise software platform that provides investment management firms with real-time compensation benchmarking and related compliance services, has launched the second version of its enterprise platform following extensive customer feedback. CompIQ’s initial focus has been on real estate, venture capital, private equity and hedge funds. The company will soon
George Ralph, Managing Director of RFA, recently chaired a breakfast briefing on Operational Due Diligence for private equity firms. With a knowledgeable and varied panel he debated the growing importance of being absolutely shipshape and watertight when it comes to investor due diligence around operations and talked about how GDPR
State Street Corporation has been appointed by HSBC Alternative Investments Limited (HAIL) in Luxembourg to provide a broad range of custody and administration services for its new diversified loan fund. The appointment represents a new relationship and one where State Street will be the sole provider of several services including,
Ultimus Fund Solutions has acquired Woodfield Fund Administration, a privately-owned private fund administration firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Ultimus says that the combination will allow each firm to better leverage technology investments, resources and assets, providing current and prospective clients the opportunity to access a larger range of services from
Centaur Fund Services is opening a new office in Luxembourg which will primarily service private equity (PE) and real estate (RE) funds and related investment vehicles. Luxembourg provides a favourable legal regime to PE/RE firms, and over the past 20 years, has become a central hub for the industry, continuing
Finitive, a financial technology platform providing institutional investors with direct access to alternative lending investments, has launched a zero-fee platform. Finitive, which commenced operations in August 2017, has received commitments for transactions with an aggregate capacity of USD1.3 billion. Several asset managers and banks have committed capital for transactions in
The focal point of institutional investors has changed over time with respect to how operational due diligence (ODD) or the risk assessment of non-investment functions is applied to private equity and real estate GP’s and Investment managers. Although a well-established process in hedge fund investing, it is still a relatively
Vistra, a provider of international incorporations, trust, fiduciary, private office, and fund administration services, has expanded into the Canadian market with the opening of an office in Toronto. The expansion into Canada comes about at the same time Vistra’s Alternative Investments division was awarded a major fund administration mandate from a
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