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PEWIN expands Africa presence to Nigeria

The Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN), a networking organisation for senior women in private equity with chapters in the US, Europe, Africa and Asia, has expanded to Nigeria. It follows the formal launch of PEWIN Africa earlier in the year in South Africa.   The invitation-only members organisation, which

CEPRES launches PE.Analyzer3

CEPRES has launched PE.Analyzer3, a fundamental benchmarking platform for private capital markets. With PE.Analyzer3 investors (LPs) and fund managers (GPs) exchange investment data in a secure environment.   Using technical and fundamental analysis, they benchmark funds, deals and operating companies for three-dimensional investment decisions.    PE.Analyzer3 launches together with benchmark

Ross Ellis, SEI

Five key trends in disruptive technology – No4: Uberisation

Sat here writing this article in one of London’s many coffee shops there are at least half a dozen others tapping away on their MacBooks. By 2020, it is estimated that 40 to 50 per cent of the global workforce will work for themselves, in a freelance or independent consultant

Chris Grandi, Abacus Group

AbacusFLEX Private Cloud conforms to UK cyber security guidelines

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted cloud IT solutions for alternative investment funds, has welcomed the launch of the UK’s new National CyberSecurity Strategy, which includes stepped up efforts to combat data breaches, identify theft, fraud and money laundering in the financial services sector. Abacus says its services already meet

SSandC Globe Op Bill Stone

Grand Coast Capital selects SS&C for loan solution and fund admin

Grand Coast Capital Group has selected SS&C's Precision LM loan servicing and accounting solution and SS&C's fund administration services. Based in Hingham, Massachusetts, Grand Coast Capital Group is a national private-lending firm and real estate fund manager that provides creative financing to real estate investors, builders and developers.    SS&C

C5 Capital acquires ITC Secure Networking

C5 Capital, a technology investment firm focusing on the cyber security, data and cloud computing sectors, has acquired ITC Secure Networking for GBP24 million. The acquisition marks the fund’s fourth investment following its investments in Metrasens, a UK based sensor company; Omada, a provider of identity and access management technology; and

Fiona Le Poidevin, CISE

How a CISE listing adds substance and creates value

By Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), CEO, Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) – International developments such as the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative are placing increased focus on the substance of investment structures.  Asset management groups are still dealing with

Nicolas Palate, CACEIS

Equity Bridge Financing solution helps improve IRR

CACEIS offers private equity fund managers bridge financing solutions that allow them to delay the process of collecting capital commitments from investors, thereby enhancing the internal rate of return of the fund.  In such an arrangement, CACEIS provides Equity Bridge Financing to the manager – essentially a guaranteed line of credit

Jesper Steiness, SS&C Advent

Fintech helps automate alternative funds

At SS&C Advent, an independent unit of SS&C Technologies who collectively support more than 10,000 customers worldwide, there has been, according to Jesper Steiness (pictured), Director of Global Accounts, a clear growth of interest among fund managers and service providers to improve automation with respect to alternative portfolio accounting and

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Cyprus positions itself as post-Brexit partner to UK funds industry

Fund managers have gathered in London to hear from the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) about the opportunities in the country as an investment destination. Held in conjunction with international law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services, and the Bank of

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