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Fund data management platform Kneip has named Hugues Delcourt as Chairman of the Board whilst founder and previous Chairman, Bob Kneip, moves into the role of Vice-Chairman.Delcourt brings with him a wealth of experience, with 30 years in the banking industry accrued in Europe and Asia, working for global institutions, including Indosuez, ABN AMBRO and UBS. Most recently, Delcourt was the Group CEO of Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, a position he held for five years.
In his new role as Chairman of the Board, Delcourt will offer guidance and support to the executive leadership team, headed up by CEO
Fund Recs is to provide SANNE, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate services, with tailored reconciliation automation services through its Velocity fund administration software.Fund Recs, an established fund industry software provider, will work with SANNE to automate the data processing and reconciliation process in its fund administration business. Delivered as a Software-as-a-Service, Velocity, will help SANNE achieve its goal of Straight-Through-Reconciliations.
Fund Recs Chief Executive Officer, Alan Meaney, says: “Through our engagement with SANNE we’ve delivered a strong relationship and are excited to be working with a group that has such a focus on providing high quality
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has opened its first Nordic office in Stockholm, Sweden.Neuberger Berman has operated across the Nordics since 2004 and will now deepen this commitment by opening a dedicated office to provide on-the-ground client support. Emelie Albeck, relationship manager for the Nordics, has relocated to Stockholm from London.
Dik van Lomwel, head of EMEA and Latin America, says: “Opening an office in Stockholm, our tenth in Europe, reaffirms our long-term commitment to the Nordic market. Providing local support and expertise is central to nurturing close client relationships.
“Over the years, we are fortunate to
Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity software and services firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has appointed an Lyons as Vice President of Business Development. Lyons will be responsible for driving growth for Drawbridge’s award-winning software and services.
Lyons brings over 17 years of business development expertise in the Alternative Investment space to his role at Drawbridge, with a specific focus on technology and security. Most recently, Lyons served as Director of Sales for Apex Services Ltd, which provides technology solutions to asset managers, capital markets firms and private clients. Prior to that, he had a
Jerusalem Venture Partners has led a USD5 million funding round in Vicarius for its predictive cyberthreat technology, together with Innovation Hub and Goldbell. Vicarious automatically detects, patches and protects against yet-to-be-discovered software vulnerabilities before they are exploited by hackers.
Private equity groups keen to bolster their ‘green’ credentials may wish to consider how they might avail of upcoming Proposed Taxonomy Regulation in Europe, as they seek to standardise, and measure, the real impact of sustainable investments in their portfolios.
As part of its Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth launched in March 2018, the European Commission sets out the importance of establishing a classification system to encourage a common understanding of sustainable activity, and to regulate such activity within a framework: thereby making it easier for investors to benchmark financial products that fall within the Regulation.
This sustainable finance
Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has closed its fifth fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners V, with USD2.277 billion of committed capital.
Pantheon has agreed an exclusive introducer relationship in France with Kermony Capital. Paris-based Kermony Capital is led by Michael Sfez, a French national with multi-year experience of working across financial markets, including private markets. Sfez worked for Russell Investments for 19 years and served as managing director for Russell Investments France between 2011 and 2019 before founding Kermony Capital to facilitate access to marque providers of private and alternative assets.
From today, Kermony Capital will act in an exclusive capacity to introduce global private markets firm Pantheon, active in Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Assets and Private Debt over four decades, to
Octopus Group has appointed Deniz Sevincer and Mark Williams as Co-Heads of Institutional Funds.Sevincer and Williams will be jointly responsible for managing Octopus’ institutional strategy to help assist institutions with their allocations to alternatives worldwide.
As investors increasingly turn their attention to the long-term benefits of real assets, Octopus has successfully created attractive solutions for institutions across several of its key investment sectors. This includes renewables, healthcare infrastructure, commercial and residential real estate debt, and venture capital.
Octopus’ institutional strategy currently manages GBP2 billion on behalf of institutional investors, representing a core and growing business within the Group.
Sevincer joined
Private investment house Ardian has raised EUR3 billion from investors for its fourth generation private debt platform to provide financing to mid-market companies across Europe. Established in 2005, the Ardian Private Debt team now has USD7 billion in assets under management with over 120 deals completed since inception.
The latest platform, which closed above its EUR2.5 billion target, builds on the success of Ardian’s third generation platform, which raised EUR2 billion in 2015, and will continue to provide flexible and tailor-made financing to companies across Europe. The platform’s offering has been broadened to include stretched senior debt to capture more
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