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Where will institutional investors be focusing their alternative asset allocations over the next 12 months? What are the top-line issues they have when assessing managers, and how are their expectations changing?
These are some of the questions covered by Intralinks’ latest LP Survey Report.
You can find out more about the survey via this interactive site and sign up to receive the full report when it’s published this autumn.
Technology continues to infiltrate every aspect of global business. Not a day goes by where the impact of platforms like Amazon, Facebook etc, isn’t felt by those in the asset management industry. The fact is, investor habits are rapidly changing and the way they choose to invest is beginning to mirror the way they use technology to support all other aspects of their lives, from shopping online to algorithms providing recommendations, personally curated to them, on Netflix.
Investec Specialist Bank (Investec) has appointed Galina Markova to its Corporate & Acquisition Finance team, which is responsible for the origination and structuring of leveraged finance and private debt solutions for mid-market corporates and private equity clients across Europe.
Based in the team’s London office, Markova will play a key role in driving growth from both the client base as well as from new strategic initiatives, which includes tapping into the strong institutional demand for private debt assets.
Markova joins from SMBC where she was an Executive Director in their European Leveraged Finance team. Prior to this, she was
NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, has invested GBP250,000 in Lancashire-based eOrigen Learning and Communications Ltd (EO), a digital production company specialising in the creation of digital media and bespoke e-learning and training content.
The funding will help EO to execute its ambitious growth strategy to launch and scale its learning and development (L&D) IT platform, INPIN™, to become an accredited global training ecosystem and create 36 new jobs.
EO was originally established to produce digital media and bespoke e-learning and training content. The company has developed
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus and Javier Marín Romano, a Spanish banking veteran with 25 years of experience in the sector, have partnered to acquire Self Trade Bank (Self Bank) from Société Générale’s Boursorama subsidiary.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Self Bank is a leading online wealth management provider with a broad suite of banking and wealth management products including savings accounts, payroll accounts, equity, CFD and over 2,000 investment funds.
“With an extensive product and service offering, digital leadership and award-winning client service, Self Bank presents a compelling platform for future growth in the
European private equity firm Capzanine has invested in Horizon Software (Horizon), becoming a majority shareholder alongside Horizon’s CEO, Sylvain Thieullent, and its management team, to support organic and global growth.
From its inception in 1998, Horizon has worked with investment banks in the design of its first electronic trading platform. Today, with 90 clients in 26 countries and connectivity to over 70 exchanges, multi award-winning Horizon provides advanced trading technology for investment banks, brokers and hedge funds.
Horizon’s trading platform provides immediate access to a comprehensive range of features and the ability to execute sophisticated strategies and workflows through
Eze Castle Integration (ECI), a managed service provider to the financial industry, has secured a significant investment by an affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG).
Founded in 1995, Eze Castle Integration has more than 650 clients and offices across the United States, United Kingdom and Asia. The company has built a reputation in managed services and cloud solutions for the financial industry; “ECI’s global white glove service and its highly scalable and secure cloud infrastructure and platform create a differentiated end-to-end solution that is indispensable for its clients’ daily operations,” says Todd Ofenloch, Managing Director at HIG “We look forward
Over half of private equity and real estate fund managers are less than satisfied with their firm’s current level of cybersecurity arrangements, according to a new survey carried out by fund administrator Augentius.
Some 54 per cent of managers also identified cybersecurity as one of their top two priorities for technology investment this year, with the other leading priority being data management and cloud.
The survey, which polled the views of firms across the globe, shows the extent to which managers prioritise investing in their businesses’ technology, in a sector that was once regarded as relatively low-tech.
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BioMed Partners has invested in TRiCares’ EUR22 million Series B financing round.
TRiCares is developing a transcatheter-based tricuspid valve replacement system aimed at addressing the need for a better treatment for this frequent and severe disease that avoids open heart surgery. Heart valve diseases are among the most serious cardiac complications affecting more than 12.7 million patients in Europe.
In the last decade minimally invasive catheter-based solutions have been developed for other valve diseases but for patients with tricuspid valve disease open-heart surgeries remain the standard treatment. Owing to high mortality, access to such surgery is severely restricted leaving
Flexioffices (Flexi), one of the UK’s leading serviced office brokers, has secured GBP8.2 million of investment from NVM Private Equity (NVM) as part of the funding package for a management buyout.
The investment from NVM will help to accelerate Flexi’s international growth and drive continued development of their technology. The deal is NVM’s second management buyout from NVM Private Equity Vintage III LP.
Headquartered in London, and founded by Paul Slinn in 2000, the Flexi team are experts in finding the perfect workplace solutions for individuals, businesses and organisations through specialist knowledge of the entire UK flexible workspace market.
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