A significant aspect of any private equity investment is trusting the manager to make the right decisions. It is, after all, why investors pay fees. But how far should that trust relationship be tested? And how much transparency should managers be expected to provide, in order to appease their investors?
Northern Trust has launched a range of new client dashboards for Omnium, its middle- and back-office technology platform for alternative fund administration. Designed to provide clients with greater transparency into workflows and metrics critical to efficient fund management, the web-based dashboards exemplify Northern Trust’s commitment to solutions that support alternative
Shape Security, an online fraud prevention platform, has secured USD51 million in a funding round led by C5 Capital, a specialist venture capital firm focused on cyber security, data analytics and cloud computing. Investing alongside C5 are Silicon Valley and corporate investors Kleiner Perkins, HPE Growth, Norwest Ventures Partners, Focus
The Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an investor-based organisation dedicated to the professionals who perform investment and operational due diligence, has launched a new program giving its members access to background checks provided by Intelligo, a specialist in technology-driven background checks. This new IMDDA member-only program provides access to
Asset management industry veteran Ole Rollag has launched Pueblo, a new venture which aims to simplify and improve the investor/manager engagement process, reducing the burden of speculative emails from unsolicited fund managers that arrive in investor’s inboxes every day. Pueblo is a simple and free-to-use diary scheduling tool that allows
Global investment company, Sofina, which is listed on Euronext Brussels, is now live on SimCorp Dimension. Following an agreement signed in June 2018, Sofina has replaced its legacy infrastructure with SimCorp’s integrated investment platform, across its back-office operations, to manage accounting for both equity and alternative investments. In the recent
TriVista, a global consulting firm for private equity firms with expertise in manufacturing, distribution and consumer goods, has launched an IT & Operations Technology practice. The new service combines TriVista’s broad technology expertise and deep operational experience to provide clients with a business-specific view of opportunities and risks, while optimising
Drawbridge Partners, a premier cybersecurity services firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has launched DrawbridgeConnect, an automated management platform which allows firms to manage all aspects of their cybersecurity program. Complementing Drawbridge Partners’ current services offering, the platform allows firms to ensure regulatory compliance
At nearly USD8 trillion, the US defined contribution (DC) retirement market remains one of the largest – and growing – opportunities for asset managers. From 2007 to 2017, net assets grew by 67 per cent, increasing by USD3.1 trillion.
RFA has come a long way since it first opened for business in 1989. Now the firm, which has over 800 clients, is one of the biggest cloud providers to the alternative investment sector, offering state-of-the-art cybersecurity services and fully managed IT and CTO consultancy services. Much of RFA’s success
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