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Centaur establishes new Luxembourg office

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 launches alternative lending investment platform

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

Oxford Capital teams with CoInvestor

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

Cybersecurity company Expel secures USD20m in Series B funding

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

Greater back office due diligence on PE funds is a positive for the industry

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

Martin Crawford, Vistra

Vistra opens new Canada Office

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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The future of automation depends on human interaction

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. 

Cordium Doug Morgan

ACA Compliance Group to acquire Cordium

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

Adam Freedman, Angelo Gordon

Angelo, Gordon & Co to implement Intapp Terms technology

Alternative investment firm Angelo, Gordon & Co has selected Intapp Terms to track and manage side letters, limited partnership agreements (LPAs) and other investor contracts. Angelo, Gordon’s investor relations and compliance teams will use AI-assisted technology from Intapp to categorise the terms specified in each LPA and side letter as

Bart McDonough, Agio

Agio launches SkySuite public cloud and cybersecurity offering

Agio, a provider of managed IT and cybersecurity services, is to launch Agio SkySuite, a fully-hosted public cloud productivity and cybersecurity suite tailored for small and emerging alternative investment firms. SkySuite is the first and only program of its kind, providing emerging funds with a fully-hosted infrastructure in Microsoft Azure’s

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