By Jon Mowll, responsible investment analyst at EdenTree Investment Management – The global spread of Covid-19 has increased awareness of systemic issues that predate and have been exacerbated by the pandemic. The virus has raised questions of who and what we – or rather, our economic systems – value, as
The alternative fund management industry is witnessing a huge rise in the volume and diversity of data being ingested, as technology innovation facilitates firms in their research and portfolio construction activities; not to mention using advanced analytical tools to improve the quality of fund reporting.
Lombard International Group has donated financial aid to Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) Covid-19 Crisis Fund, to support the global health challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and its consequential impacts to vulnerable populations and communities around the world.
By Jeffrey M Bronheim, Daniel H Mathias, James R Mossetto, Cohen & Gresser – The current global Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a major impact on a wide variety of economic activities. For private equity funds, investor uncertainty and the need to preserve cash may drive LPs to question their obligations
It is unlikely that the full extent of mark-to-market valuations will be known until 30 June, when Q2’s financial reports are issued. And while this might cause investors to break out into a cold sweat, the advice being offered by investment consultants is, ‘Don’t make any knee-jerk decisions and keep
Digital financial services company Alpian, incubated by the Swiss banking group REYL & Cie, has completed a Series A funding round worth CHF12.2 million.
The world of private capital has witnessed a solid number of tech fund closures and tech related deals since the coronavirus crisis began. But despite the sharp rally that started in March and continued through April though, William De Gale, co-portfolio manager of BlueBox Global Technology, is cautioning against thinking
In a recent white paper entitled Evolution in Asset Management, SEI pointed out that 70 per cent of US fund managers are currently looking to deploy advanced analytics in the front-office. The field of data science and machine learning-based data analysis is helping to transform how fund managers think about
Maitland, a global corporate services and administration firm, has been appointed as Corporate Trustee and trust administrator to the ZAR488 million Green Outcomes Fund. Launched in April 2020, the Fund aims to grow “green” small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and the green impact investing market in South Africa. The Green
Venture capital firm Alumni Ventures Group (AVG), has opened a new fund focused on investing in entrepreneurial companies working to shape and accelerate the world’s recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. The Post-Covid Fund will invest in ventures that either directly or indirectly address the multiple impacts of the virus and that
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