Global fiduciary and administration provider Estera has acquired Guernsey-based Morgan Sharpe Administration. The deal was finalised on 27 February and is subject to regulatory approvals, following which the business will be rebranded under the Estera name. Farah Ballands, CEO of Estera, says: “This is a great start to the
Northern Trust, in collaboration with IBM and other key stakeholders, has launched the first commercial deployment of blockchain technology for the private equity market. While private equity returns can be attractive, the infrastructure supporting private equity has seen little innovation in recent years at a time when investors are seeking
Preqin has launched Preqin Solutions, which is aiming to provide a cost-effective, scalable and secure data solution to meet the market need for transparent, accurate and efficient tracking of private capital portfolio performance. Preqin says the platform is designed to provide ‘innovative, time-saving and easy-to-use tools that streamline the collection
Berdon Fund Services, a New York-based fund administrator has incorporated FundCount’s accounting and investment software into its service offering. FundCount is a Boston-based provider of integrated investment, partnership and general ledger accounting software that has been working with hedge funds, family offices and fund administrators since 1999. Berdon Fund Services’
Proper fund governance has long been championed by leading offshore law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman, which for the last decade has encouraged its hedge fund clients to hold at least annual directors meetings. Initially this was met with some resistance according to Robert Briant (pictured), Partner and head of
One of the reasons as to why the BVI introduced the Incubator and Approved Fund products in May 2015 was, partly, in response to the fact that fund launch numbers in the global hedge fund industry had started to steadily decline. Rising regulatory and compliance costs were hurting start-up managers
Circle Partners is an independent fund administrator with offices in the BVI, Cayman Islands, and across the EU, the Americas and Hong Kong. "We've seen a lot of growth in new BVI fund vehicles over the last 12 months – both the Incubator Fund and the more popular Approved Fund,"
"We see the funds industry as continuing to contribute to the overall offering of financial services. There remains good interest in the BVI product and we envisage that will continue," asserts Glenford Malone, Director, Investment Business Division, BVI Financial Services Commission, when asked to comment on the growth of the
Ramsdens Holdings, a diversified financial services provider and retailer backed by NorthEdge Capital, is to seek admission of its shares to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange following a successful institutional placing. Admission is expected to occur on 15 February 2017. Ramsdens operates in the
Guernsey is marking the the 20th anniversary of the introduction of its Protected Cell Company (PCC) Ordinance on 1 February 1997, providing the island’s captive insurance sector with the first cell company legislation of its kind anywhere in the world. The subsequent success of this innovation is illustrated by the
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