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BWAM publishes open letter to asset management industry

Industry organisation Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) has written an open letter to the asset management industry calling on investment firms to promote racial equity. BWAM’s letter encourages senior leaders to set out actions which are aimed at leading to progress and give black women a greater voice in

Lorax Capital Partners appoints Apex for provide fund admin for LCP Fund II

Apex Group Ltd (Apex), a global financial services provider, has been appointed to provide fund administration and corporate services to LCP Fund II. Incorporated in 2015, Lorax Capital Partners (LCP) is an Egypt focused private equity firm and over the course of the last five years, LCP has supported the Egyptian

iCapital Network adds two to team

iCapital Network, which provides financial advisers and their clients with access to private investsment, has added two accomplished leaders with expertise in supporting the global high-net-worth (HNW) investing community to its team.Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…

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Builtup Ventures adds two Israeli contech startups to its portfolio

Early-stage Israeli proptech investor BuiltUp Ventures has invested in Trusstor and StructShare, two Israeli construction tech (contech) startups. Other proptech companies BuiltUp Ventures has invested in over the last two years include data analytics tool MyTower, asset tokenisation platform SolidBlock, virtual marketing company Augmind, AI-based platform Innovesta, and Everflow. “With

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Technology can counter investor conservatism

“For too long the best investments have been out of reach, even for the majority of sophisticated investors. Investment technology platforms can democratise access to private investments, helping investors to build more diverse, resilient, and higher performing investment portfolios,” says Kinson Lo, founder of London-based online investment platform Dot Investing.

ACA Aponix launches PortCo Defend cybersecurity program

ACA Aponix, part of the ACA Compliance Group (ACA), has launched PortCo Defend, a cybersecurity risk management program and dashboard, designed to help private equity firms assess and centrally monitor security threats to their portfolio companies (PortCos). Available now, PortCo Defend gives private markets a holistic view of their their PortCos’

Options announces Microsoft Cloud Platform Gold Partner Status

Options, a leading provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has achieved the prestigious Microsoft Cloud Platform Gold Partner Status. In doing so, Options joins the top 1 per cent of Microsoft partners worldwide.  Microsoft Gold competency is a recognised mark of the highest standards of technology

Ultimus supports launch of private equity interval fund

Ultimus Fund Solutions (Ultimus), an independent provider of full-service fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has helped a new client, Primark Capital, bring a new fund product to market. As an interval fund that focuses on private equity, the new Primark Private Equity Investments Fund is one of the first funds

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