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A new survey of alternative investment professionals has found that hedge fund and private equity executives alike predict moderate economic growth for the remainder of 2019.
Conducted on-site at EisnerAmper’s 4th Annual Alternative Investment Summit in New York, the survey polled 120 senior industry leaders from the hedge fund, private equity/venture capital (PE/VC), and institutional investor audience on their sentiment surrounding the industry and economy.
Executives were surveyed immediately following the conclusion of the Federal Open Markets Committee’s (FOMC) meeting on the afternoon of 19 June. Following the FOMC’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged, 45 per cent of
MackeyRMS, a provider of research management software, has secured a significant equity investment from Resurgens Technology Partners.
The partnership makes MackeyRMS the third FinTech investment in Resurgens’ USD200 million flagship private equity fund, and will enable the Company to accelerate investment in its market-leading software, expand its global presence and enhance the overall customer service experience.
MackeyRMS is a rapidly growing provider of SaaS-based research management software built for today’s modern buy-side investment firms, including global asset managers, asset owners, hedge funds, fund-of-funds and private equity funds. The platform unites existing workflows with disparate data sources to streamline research
Northern Trust has partnered with data management automation specialist Confluence to deliver financial and regulatory reporting solutions for Northern Trust’s European asset manager clients.
Together the organisations are leveraging data technology to streamline how financial documentation is prepared and delivered for fund disclosures – reducing time spent on manual tasks and driving efficiencies to help clients meet reporting obligations in a timely and accurate manner.
Those responsible for investment funds – including asset managers, investors, directors and regulators – must produce a wide range of financial statements and regulatory reports as part of their disclosure obligations.
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The annual SS&C Intralinks global survey of leading limited partners (LPs), produced in association with Private Equity Wire, is yielding a wealth of insights about how they plan to invest over the next 12 months.
More than 170 LPs shared their views, plans and preferences about:
Private equity vs hedge funds
Allocations and preferred fund sizes
Investment approaches
Click here, to get an exclusive first look at the new survey results, and sign up to receive the full report when it’s published on 10 September, 2019.
London-based investment manager Downing has appointed Tom Moore to lead its asset management capability.
Prior to joining Downing, Moore was previously Director for Foresight Group, where he was responsible for overseeing a significant portfolio of renewable energy investments and also built a 30-strong team covering the sector.
Efficient, proactive and intelligent asset management is key to protecting, and enhancing, investor returns. The continued investment and development of its in-house asset management capability further enables Downing to deliver exceptional service to its investors.
Kostas Manolis, Head of Unquoted Investment at Downing, says: “Tom’s experience will allow Downing to develop self-reliant asset
LDC-backed Mitrefinch, one of the UK’s leading developers of human capital management (HCM) software, has recorded double-digit revenue growth following a year of expansion at home and overseas.
The York-headquartered business reported a 12 per cent growth in revenue to GBP16.3million (2017: GBP14.6million) in the year to November 2018, while EBITDA grew 22 per cent to GBP5million over the same period (2017: GBP4.1million).
Mitrefinch’s success was bolstered by a year of overseas expansion, with the business now operating across the UK, US, Australia and Canada, and with international sales accounting for 26 per cent of turnover.
On home
HSBC Private Banking has held the successful close of Vision Private Equity 2019 – the first in a new programme of annual Vision Funds providing private clients with access to primary, secondary and direct co-investments across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies.
With over USD250 million raised globally, the Fund has proved popular internationally with investors looking for diversified private equity solutions, as well as clients wishing to meet their annual asset allocation requirements in private equity through a single, well diversified and professionally constructed portfolio.
Henry Lee, Global Head of Managed Investment Solutions, HSBC Private Banking, says: ‘’The Vision Fund
Private capital is growing in significance as a source of funds for private equity funds, new research carried out by Guernsey Finance has revealed.
The PE industry – particularly smaller, boutique and specialist managers – are taking advantage of the spectacular growth of private capital over the decade since the global financial crisis.
The research project, carried out at this year’s SuperReturn conference in Berlin, showed that managers are increasingly being viewed as a source of deal flow as much as for their investment management expertise. Private capital now can amount to as much as 75-100 per cent of
TPG, a global alternative asset firm, is to make a non-controlling strategic investment in Harlem Capital Partners (HCP), an early-stage venture capital firm.
In connection with its investment in the company, TPG will commit capital to HCP Fund I. The investment will provide HCP access to resources to help scale its business, enhance operating capabilities, and support its portfolio. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Led by Managing Partners Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, HCP is committed to backing minority and women founders across industries in the United States. The firm is on a mission to change the face
Manchester digital agency RUN2 has received a GBP500,000 investment from >_fund:tmt, a dedicated fund for fast-growing tech and media companies, which will be used to expand and implement a new AI platform for online client hyper-personalisation and recommendation engines.
The platform promises to completely transform the output of the agency.
The investment comes following a period of significant growth for RUN2, which has achieved double digit growth and annual turnover approaching GBP1m for last year.
RUN2’s owner, Christian McGinty, says: “It’s been an incredible journey for us so far; achieving the growth we have for the past year is testament
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