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James Bryant, Highvern

Highvern selects Altareturn fund administration software

Highvern’s funds team is to be the first administrator in Jersey to sign up with private capital software Altareturn. The move comes just a matter of months after Highvern launched its funds business. “The majority of the fund administration market relies on systems that were created over 20 years ago,

Olivia Munro, Eze Castle Integration

Four common misconceptions about the hybrid cloud

By Olivia Munro, Eze Castle Integration – Financial institutions and firms continue to embrace cloud computing technology. While the hybrid cloud is rising in popularity for firms, there are still some common misconceptions about the methodology. 1 Hybrid cloud is a third and new type of cloud When the hybrid

Partners Group Selects thinkFolio by IHS Markit

Business information provider IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO) today announced that Partners Group, a EUR62 billion global private markets investment manager, has selected IHS Markit’s thinkFolio as its cross-asset order management and portfolio modelling system. The platform will be delivered as a managed service with IHS Markit hosting the thinkFolio software

Cybersecurity

Koger enhances compliance software for complete financial crime prevention

Koger has enhanced its compliance technology to provide a comprehensive tool for financial crime prevention.  The company’s KURE software handles all aspects of Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Client (AML/KYC) due diligence, as well as complete Customer Lifecycle Management (CLM). Koger provides software for investor services, compliance and business process

Technology drives transparency in real estate investing

Ramón van Heusden has seen a lot of changes in real estate investing over the last 14 years he has worked in Luxembourg. Over that time, van Heusden has held three different roles, each one of which has involved working with international real estate and private equity funds.  “What I’ve

Eze Castle Integration – Best Technology Outsourcing Cloud Provider

Fund managers face a multitude of pressures today, ranging from regulatory to investor demands for improved transparency and evidence that their data is being stored and secured to the highest standards. This is a lot for PE groups to take on, who need to focus on the investment process without

eFront and PitchBook form strategic data partnership

eFront, a technology provider to alternative investment professionals, and PitchBook, a data provider for the private and public equity markets, have formed a strategic partnership to integrate PitchBook data within the recently announced eFront Insight solution. Leveraging PitchBook’s data feed solution, eFront clients can now flexibly access deep fund-level information,

J Christopher Giancarlo, CFTC

US CFTC and UK FCA to collaborate on FinTech innovation

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are to collaborate and support innovative firms through each other’s financial technology (FinTech) initiatives – LabCFTC and FCA Innovate. “The FCA’s Project Innovate is the gold standard for thoughtful regulatory engagement with emerging technological innovation,” says

Eva March, advinda

advinda launches first capital raising app for the alternatives industry

General partners (GPs) in the alternative investment industry now have a single app that combines CRM tailored for capital raising and investor relations with global institutional investor intelligence. advinda Investor Cloud’s new capital raising app includes contacts for limited partner (LP) decision makers, segmented by region and investor type.  

Anthony Cowell

Digitise or jeopardise says KPMG report

A new report entitled ‘Alternative Investments 3.0 – digitize or jeopardize’ from KPMG International and CREATE-Research finds that digital technologies are radically reshaping the alternative investment industry, but a large majority of hedge funds and private equity firms appear to be too slow to respond. The report was based on

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