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Ashburton Investments, the Jersey-based asset management business of FirstRand Group, has signed an agreement with JTC to administer fund shareholder accounts following full regulatory approval. The partnership will see JTC provide fund administration and fund accounting services to Ashburton Investments investors. The agreement will provide clients in Ashburton’s Jersey domiciled funds and nominee service with an enhanced administration service, delivered through the latest advances in fund administration technology.
This follows a review of Ashburton Investments’ operating platform to better meet the needs of the group’s global client base.
JTC is one of the largest providers of fund, corporate and private wealth
When the US emerges from Covid-19, 70 per cent of American c-suite execs and small business owners plan to hire fewer employees to perform the same amount of work, while only 4 per cent plan to hire more people than before the pandemic.
According to a national survey of 3,500 Americans released today by Azurite Consulting for Peak Prosperity, more than a third (34 per cent) of US SMBs don’t believe they will survive if social distancing is to last until October.
The study also found that digital collaboration tools including video conferencing, team communication and collaboration software and the
In a recent white paper entitled Evolution in Asset Management, SEI pointed out that 70 per cent of US fund managers are currently looking to deploy advanced analytics in the front-office. The field of data science and machine learning-based data analysis is helping to transform how fund managers think about data to gain a competitive edge.
Two partners from global private markets investment manager Adams Street Partners – Alejandra Lesch and Alicia Pando – are to join panel discussions at the forthcoming Private Equity Wire LIVE online seminar, which is taking place from 2-4 June.
Alternative Investment Partners Private Markets (AIP Private Markets), part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has closed a new fund which will focus on climate solutions.The USD110 million fund seeks to address critical climate issues including global warming and pollution, depleting resources and eco diversity. This globally diversified private markets offering was launched in a first of its kind collaboration with the US congregations of Dominican Sisters to find investment solutions which focus on climate change and aiding marginalised communities that are disproportionately impacted by global warming.
Since its inception in 2000, AIP Private Markets has focused on providing innovative client
Maitland, a global corporate services and administration firm, has been appointed as Corporate Trustee and trust administrator to the ZAR488 million Green Outcomes Fund. Launched in April 2020, the Fund aims to grow “green” small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and the green impact investing market in South Africa.
The Green Outcomes Fund is a partnership between the National Treasury’s Jobs Fund and non-profit organisation, GreenCape, with the UCT GSB Bertha Centre for Social Innovation as a knowledge partner. The Fund provides outcomes-based matched funding to local investment funds to support investments into local SMMEs that make a demonstrable contribution to
A Newcastle tech start-up whose software helps sales staff to find and close new leads has raised GBP400,000 to further develop its product and expand its team.Allegrow has secured funding from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, along with investment from Mercia’s EIS funds and a number of private investors.
Allegrow is a sales automation platform for business to business companies – where generating new opportunities is a top priority. The platform puts sales representatives in touch with key decision-makers in their target industries through data-driven outreach,
A Liverpool-based chemical technology company helping in the fight against dementia, cancer and respiratory illnesses, has secured GBP2.25 million in a funding round led by the VC firms Deepbridge Capital and Praetura Ventures.Liverpool ChiroChem (LCC), the developer and manufacturer of chemical components that are critical to the research and development of new drugs, also saw investment from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
LCC is a chemistry-based contract research organisation (CRO) that produces and supplies chiral small molecules to the global pharmaceutical and biotech research and development sector. Its goal
A Coventry-based manufacturer responsible for producing all-electric, black taxis – ‘Hackney Carriages’ – approved by Transport for London (TfL) has secured a GBP1.25 million loan.The funding, which was provided by the Midlands Engine Investment Fund and Maven Capital Partners, will enable Dynamo to recruit and train 50 new employees. The firm is also set to scale up its production capacity.
Dynamo produces an electric taxi known as the ‘Dynamo taxi’. A fully electric version of London’s iconic black cab, the zero-emission vehicle is based on the Nissan e-NV200 and is manufactured in association with Nissan.
Dynamo taxis were
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