By George Ralph, RFA – Outsourcing your IT support may seem like a luxury in austerity Britain, but it can save time, drive efficiencies and actually give firms a competitive edge. Employees are key stakeholders in defining the perception of a firm, and if they receive a great service when
Asset management consultancy MJ Hudson has launched its Fund Management Solutions team in continental Europe, from new offices in central Luxembourg. The Luxembourg office provides its clients with increased options post-Brexit and guarantees EU operating capacity. Research conducted recently by MJ Hudson has found that two-thirds of UK-based fund
By George Ralph, RFA – Everything is virtual these days. From virtual teams, spread across the globe, which can perform better than traditional on-site teams, to the virtual offices they work in, at home, in the coffee shop, in shared office space. If the right technology is in place, people
By George Ralph, RFA – The use of Artificial Intelligence is becoming decidedly commonplace. Wikipedia describes AI research as “the study of intelligent agents: any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximise its chance of success at some goal.” AI is often used interchangeably with Machine Learning,
Specialist capital markets services provider Lucid Issuer Services Limited (Lucid) has launched Lucid Agency and Trustee Services Limited, and has made four senior hires to support its ambitions for growth in the capital and private credit markets. John Traynor joins from Wilmington Trust Company and Emma Hamley from US Bank Global
Pre-order subscriptions for Finles Capital’s FundCoin ICO are now open, with a full launch to follow on 30 September 2017. Finles Capital aims to distribute EUR100 million from the ICO and to invest in the Lowestoft Private Equity fund. This Fund will invest in the blockchain industry via several VC
Intralinks has launched a new version of its Virtual Data Room (VDR) which the company says will help straemline the M&A process. The new Intralinks VDR is its fastest platform to date. It is 50% faster across the board and now means a data room can be set up in
Peak Re, a Hong Kong based reinsurer, has selected Applied Insurance Technologies’ (AIT) pricing and portfolio management platform, TigerEye, to support its underwriting strategy. TigerEye will aid Peak Re’s management of catastrophe exposures and assist in optimising their reinsurance portfolio. TigerEye is a powerful, intuitive, model-agnostic portfolio roll-up and
Apex Fund Services (Apex) has been granted official approval and licensing by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (AGDM) and has become one of the first Independent fund administrators approved to carry out Regulated Activity in the jurisdiction. Over the past year, Apex Abu Dhabi
Iron Cove Partners, a national insurance brokerage specialising in the needs of the alternative asset management community, has launched the Iron Cove Hedge Fund Select Policy, through a new partnership with a Lloyd’s Cover Holder and Financial Services Syndicate. Iron Cove’s partnership with Lloyd’s allows the firm to offer the
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