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
Venture capital investor Oxford Capital is teaming up with CoInvestor as it looks to introduce a fully digitised investment process. CoInvestor provides fund managers and financial advisers with fully integrated software to digitise and enhance the management of alternative asset investments. Oxford Capital is a fund manager of tax-efficient
Expel, a company that replaces what organisations spend on managed security service providers (MSSPs), announced it has secured USD20 million in Series B funding led by Scale Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing in the future of work. Ariel Tseitlin, a partner at Scale Venture Partners, will
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
By George Ralph, RFA – As many firms in the alternative investment sector, and certainly many of our clients, look for new ways to improve investment strategies and drive efficiencies in their businesses, against a backdrop of strict regulations and compliance requirements, investment in technology and innovation continues to rise.
ACA Compliance Group (ACA) is to acquire Cordium, a provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) services. The financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close this summer, subject to regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed. The complementary strengths of both firms will ensure that clients will have
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