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Seven steps to avoid a cyber-attack

By George Ralph, RFA – We all know that cyber-attacks are not only more prevalent but they are increasing in ferocity, becoming ever more ambitious and overt. The latest culprits, Petya and WannaCry both used phishing attacks to spread malware through networks, and Petya rendered the user’s computer inoperable and

Hybrid cloud

The future is cloudy, but that’s a good thing: Hybrid cloud considerations

Below is an excerpt from Eze Castle’s whitepaper, Is Hybrid Cloud Right For Your Firm?.  Download the full whitepaper here. With its security, privacy, and performance, the private cloud has been the go-to option for financial and investment firms that require enterprise-caliber IT infrastructure. In most cases, that private cloud

David Griffin, FTI Consulting

FTI Consulting launches Specialist Director Support Services in the Cayman Islands

FTI Consulting has launched its Specialist Director Support Services offering in the Cayman Islands, following approval of a Companies Management Licence by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) and the registration of individual directors under the local Directors Registration and Licensing Law. FTI Consulting has one of the most active

New syndication platform launched for Energy & Infrastructure Capital Raises

Entoro Capital has launched a private securities platform, OfferBoard, targeting Energy/Infrastructure-focused accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers.  With OfferBoard, issuers are able to rapidly communicate and promote the distribution of their Energy-related investment offerings to the family office, institutional, international, private equity sponsor, and traditional Energy-sector investment communities. Issuers include companies

Matt Mulry, Dillon Eustace

Building investment fund structures – from start-up to stardom

By Matt Mulry, Dillon Eustace – Whether you’re looking to launch a private equity fund focused on venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, technology, energy, health care or art or a hedge fund focused on global macro, long/short equity, special situations, fixed-income or commodities the Cayman Islands is a great place

Ittai Korin, PortfolioScience

Establishing a combined risk compliance framework

New York-based PortfolioScience and Eze Software have joined forces to offer the marketplace a unique solution for fund managers: pre-trade compliance rules based on market risk.  The RiskAPI service, developed by PortfolioScience, is a fully hosted and customisable risk solution that integrates seamlessly with existing applications and programming frameworks to

FinTech Studios raises USD1m seed investment from KEC Ventures

FinTech Studios, a cloud platform of AI-based financial information, FinTech apps and big-data analytic products operated in partnership with top FinTech startups, financial institutions, data providers and strategic partners, has raised USD1 million in Series Seed funding, led by KEC Ventures.   Jeff Parkinson, Managing Partner of KEC Ventures, will

Dirty data

Is your data dirty? Data hygiene best practices for financial services

The most vital asset a business controls is its information. As the driver of many business processes, data is a powerful tool, and therefore has to be secure, accurate and accounted for. When this sensitive information gets into the wrong hands, it can cause serious damage to a firm’s business

Waking up to cybercrime: The real risk to private equity

By Jason Lawrence (pictured), IT Director and Group Information Security Officer, Augentius – Cybercrime is one of the most serious threats currently facing financial services firms. Yet, while the risk is also present for private equity and real estate funds, the level of recognition towards the threat is notably absent

George Ralph, RFA

Does cybersecurity utopia really exist?

By George Ralph, RFA – Imagine you’re the CTO of a successful hedge fund. You’re not big enough to have a dedicated CISO but you think you’re doing a pretty good job of securing your network. Your applications and databases are secure, you’ve just invested in a network intrusion detection

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