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Centaur launches enhanced private equity and real estate fund services

Centaur Fund Services has launched an enhanced fund services offering, which focuses on providing services to funds specialising in private equity, real estate, venture capital and fund of private equity strategies.   The announcement comes in response to a dramatic rise in the number of private equity firms outsourcing the

CFTC Timothy Massad

CFTC chair to make keynote address at MFA Conference

The Managed Funds Association (MFA) will host Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair Timothy G Massad at the Outlook 2016 Conference. Massad will make a keynote address at the association’s annual leadership conference in New York on 21 October.   More than 400 investors, policymakers and other stakeholders are expected

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Abacus Group opens second London data centre

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted cloud IT solutions for alternative investment funds, has opened a second London data centre. Tom Cole, director of client services and business development in London, says the new data centre will allow Abacus to provide resilient services to current clients and expand its capabilities

Nancy J Dennis, IQ Financial Marketing

IQ offers free hedge and private equity fund marketing guide

New York-based IQ Financial Marketing has issued an updated version of its marketing guide, which it is offering free of charge to hedge funds and private equity firms. The new guide features additional tips for creating better presentations and pitch books. It is designed to help fund managers tap into

Hamilton Lane partners with Bison to launch analytics and data platform Cobalt

Hamilton Lane, a private markets asset management firm, has invested in and formed a strategic partnership with Bison (Boston Illiquid Securities Offering Network), a company focused on creating analytical systems for the private markets industry.  The investment represents a continued commitment from Hamilton Lane to support breakthrough technologies, enhanced data

CISE opens up membership to international sponsors

The Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) has revised its membership rules so that firms from a wider range of jurisdictions can act as sponsors to listings on the exchange. The membership rules previously restricted sponsors to being entities established in the Channel Islands. Now they have been updated to allow

CVC’s Ahisell to list on Nasdaq Stockholm

CVC Capital Partners’ portfolio company Ahlsell, a Nordic distributor of products within heating, ventilation and air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, and tools and supplies, is to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares on Nasdaq Stockholm. For the 12 months ended 30 June 2016, Ahlsell generated net sales of

Beth Wiener, Marcum

Marcum opens hedge and private equity fund service centre in Dublin

Marcum has expanded its hedge fund servicing operations in Europe with the launch of Marcum RBK (Ireland) in Dublin – a joint venture with Russell Brennan Keane (RBK), an independent accounting and business advisory firm in Ireland. The new venture was established as a service centre for current and future

Karamba Security secures investment from Fontinalis Partners

Karamba Security, a company that develops autonomous cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles, has secured an investment from Fontinalis Partners. Fontinalis Partners led the USD2.5 million round, with participation from existing investors YL Ventures and GlenRock.   “We're delighted to have Fontinalis Partners as our newest investor,” says Ami

Langham Hall opens New York office

Private equity real estate fund administrator Langham Hall has opened an office in New York. The firm can now provide clients with global coverage from seven offices across three continents.   The new office provides its US clients with a range of fund administration services to US domestic funds and

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