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UK Business Angels Association opens new Angel Investment Hub in Bristol

The UK Business Angels Association has opened a new Angel Investment Hub in the heart of Bristol. Housed in Brunel’s original station, dating back to 1841, the Bristol Angel Hub, in partnership with Engine Shed, is an exciting hub where investors, entrepreneurs, business leaders, academics and corporates can collaborate, inspire and be inspired.  

Cambridge Analytica revelations put pressure on all large tech firms

Professor André Spicer, Cass Business School, comments on Cambridge Analytica and questions what the costs will be to big tech firms? Recent revelations about Cambridge Analytica will put pressure on not just Facebook, but many large tech companies. They will be forced to expand their compliance, privacy and social responsibility

Colnvestor Connect adds private equity funds to offering

CoInvestor Connect, CoInvestor’s alternative asset investment platform for sophisticated private investors, has expanded its offering with the addition of private equity funds to the platform. CoInvestor has continually strengthened its offering since its inception in 2016, transforming the management of alternative assets by digitising this traditionally offline, paper-based asset class.

James Bryant, Highvern

Highvern selects Altareturn fund administration software

Highvern’s funds team is to be the first administrator in Jersey to sign up with private capital software Altareturn. The move comes just a matter of months after Highvern launched its funds business. “The majority of the fund administration market relies on systems that were created over 20 years ago,

Announcement

SBAI creates North American committee

The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has established a North American Committee of leading alternative investment managers and institutional investors to direct the SBAI’s efforts in the region.  The SBAI is supported by approximately 200 alternative investment managers and investors overseeing USD3 trillion.   Members of the SBAI North

Olivia Munro, Eze Castle Integration

Four common misconceptions about the hybrid cloud

By Olivia Munro, Eze Castle Integration – Financial institutions and firms continue to embrace cloud computing technology. While the hybrid cloud is rising in popularity for firms, there are still some common misconceptions about the methodology. 1 Hybrid cloud is a third and new type of cloud When the hybrid

Cybersecurity

A hackers bag of tricks, social engineering to poor patch management

By Amanda Daly, Eze Castle Integration – Black Hat vs White Hat & every shade in between. The term hacker carries a negative connotation because a majority of the time we only hear about the “bad” hackers. Hackers tend to attack more often than they should. Be sure to be guards

Paul Hastings to locate London office at Brookfield’s 100 Bishopsgate

Law firm Paul Hastings has signed a pre-let agreement to locate its new London office at 100 Bishopsgate. The firm will take the top two floors of the 37-storey tower totalling circa 40,000 sq ft  Paul Hastings joins other confirmed occupants including Royal Bank of Canada, Jefferies and Freshfields Bruckhaus

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