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James Williams, Hedgeweek

Transformative technologies… in private debt?

In 2017, investors allocated almost USD120 billion into private debt funds, on the back of approximately USD100 billion being raised in 2015 and 2016. To better understand the context into which investors are deploying such large amounts of capital, SEI and Preqin conducted a survey of private debt fund managers in

Scott Sommerville

Maples and Calder and MaplesFS combine as the Maples Group

Maples and Calder and MaplesFS which together comprise Maples Fiduciary and Maples Fund Services, have consolidated their offerings under a single brand, now called the Maples Group. This composite of collective services includes an international law firm, advising on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Ireland,

Announcement

IMDAA extends period for first CDDA global designation exam

Due to high demand, the Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an investor-based organisation dedicated to professionals who investigate facts concerning investment programs, has extended the global testing period for its first Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) test to 31 March 2019.  The IMDDA also announced the opening of registration

Bob Nicolson, Nicolson Bray

The case for a virtual Chief Information Security Officer

By Bob Nicolson, Head of Consultancy at Nicolson Bray – Organisations today are facing a dangerous combination of mounting cybersecurity threat and a lack of in-house expertise to meet the challenge. Smaller firms have typically allocated responsibility for information security to a member of the operations or financial team and

Gurvinder Singh, Indus Valley Partners

Indus Valley Partners enhances RAPTOR solution to support CAT regulation

Indus Valley Partners, a provider of technology solutions to the buy side, has launched a new CAT module for its global regulatory reporting platform, IVP RAPTOR.   Designed to assist funds in complying with FINRA’s proposed consolidated audit trail (CAT) initiative, IVP’s CAT module enables users to streamline daily regulatory obligations

Portia Amato, Optima Partners

Optima Partners appoints compliance veteran

Optima Partners has appointed compliance industry veteran Portia Amato as a Director in the firm’s New York office.    Amato (pictured), brings nearly two decades of experience in providing compliance services for the investment management industry. In her new role, Amato will be responsible for maintaining client relationships and working with

Maitland adopts ILPA reporting template

Maitland has enhanced its fund administration platform with the adoption of the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s (ILPA) reporting template. Released in 2016, the ILPA reporting templates were designed to report and gather information in a standardised manner so the private equity industry can effectively measure and compare performance in areas

Katey Bogue, eVestment

eVestment Private Markets Group and PitchBook form strategic data partnership

eVestment, a specialist in institutional investment data and analytics, and PitchBook, a data provider for the private and public equity markets, have formed a strategic partnership through which PitchBook’s private market fund performance data is now available in the eVestment Private Markets platform. The partnership offers eVestment Private Markets users

RBC I&TS appointed depositary and administrator by AMOAI for first Luxembourg-based global infrastructure debt fund

RBC Investor & Treasury Services (I&TS), part of Royal Bank of Canada, has been appointed depositary of Asset Management One Alternative Investments’ (AMOAI) first global Luxembourg domiciled infrastructure debt vehicle – Cosmic Blue PF Lotus FCP. Japan’s AMOAI recently rebranded from Mizuho Global Alternative Investments, and RBC I&TS will also

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