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Campbell Lutyens, an alternative asset adviser, is opening offices in Chicago and Los Angeles, to support the growth in demand for its fund placement and secondaries advisory businesses across North America.
The firm now has five offices globally, with three in the US, including New York.
Campbell Lutyens’ US-based team has grown to 30 people and is currently advising on USD14.5 billion of transactions for US clients. The firm has raised USD16 billion in capital from North American LPs in the past three years, which represents over 40 per cent of the total commitments it has raised globally across
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and its private credit affiliate, the Alternative Credit Council (ACC), have published new guidance for fund managers in valuing their investments.
The new AIMA Guide to Sound Practices for the Valuation of Investments contains a series of recommendations regarding valuation governance, transparency, procedures, processes and systems and sources, models and methodology.
A number of recommendations from the guide’s previous edition in 2013 have been updated to reflect the evolving valuation process and changes in the regulatory environment, including the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
Additionally, the industry has become more diversified
Alter Domus, a provider of Fund and Corporate Services to alternative investment managers, has completed the acquisition of Cortland Capital Market Services (Cortland) in the US.
Headquartered in Chicago and with offices in New York, London, Los Angeles, Austin, Indianapolis, and China, Cortland is a leading independent investment servicing company providing third-party fund administration and middle and back-office outsourcing to financial institutions, including alternative investment managers, real estate private equity firms and credit funds. It currently has over USD200 billion of assets under administration.
The firm was founded in 2008 by Doug Hart CEO, Russ Goldenberg, Tim Houghton and
Lithium Werks has acquired the original A123 Systems manufacturing plants located in Changzhou, China.
These plants were the first to introduce the revolutionary NanoPhosphate technology in the form of cylindrical cells that have been used globally in a wide array of applications, especially in the industrial market. As part of the transaction, Lithium Werks has taken over the customer relationships in China, Europe and the United States as well as the operations, staff and product designs associated with the Changzhou business. Lithium Werks is also the new owner of the POWER. SAFETY. LIFE. trademark that characterised A123’s product portfolio in its early
Cathay Capital Private Equity (Cathay), Total Energy Ventures (Total), and Hubei High Technology Investment Guiding Fund Management (Hubei), are to launch the Cathay Smart Energy Fund, an investment fund dedicated to the new energy sector in China.
The fund will focus its investments on emerging technologies and new business models of the Chinese energy sector, notably renewable energy, energy internet, energy storage, distributed energy, smart energy and low carbon activities. To launch this new vehicle – and Cathay Capital’s second RMB industry fund – Total and Hubei will respectively invest around RMB300 million (USD50 million). Ultimately, the fund targets a
Narrow Gauge Capital (NGC) has completed the acquisition of Class Appraisal, a provider of real estate asset valuation and appraisal management solutions to the US residential mortgage industry.
Class is one of the fastest-growing and most respected companies in the industry, offering its clients the highest levels of service and performance in the appraisal management process.
“Class Appraisal is a tremendous company that offers the absolute best service model that we have seen in the appraisal management business,” says Adam Doctoroff, partner at NGC. “Class has developed an incredible company culture, operational excellence, and a trusted partnership with industry-leading
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate and finance practice in the Cayman Islands have advised 99, the Brazilian ride-sharing application and Uber competitor, on its sale to China’s Didi Chuxing.
By Hugh Stacy, Augentius – While the world may have suffered its share of challenges and dislocations over the past decade, the aviation sector has continued to move from strength to strength. The increasingly mobile nature of the global economy has seen air travel volume more than double over the past 15 years.
2017 marked the eighth straight year of above-trend growth and 2018 is likely to follow suit.
The emergence of millions of new middle class consumers in nations such as China and India – many keen to experience air travel for the first time – is likely to accelerate the
By Eze Castle Integration – Times have changed. There is little doubt that the alternate investment industry has evolved in recent years with the rise of new regulations, the wide spread adoption of cloud services and deep focus on cybersecurity risks.
But what effect do these changes have for the person responsible for technology at a hedge fund, private equity or investment firm? As a Chief Technology Officer (or comparable role: Director of IT, Chief Information Officer, etc.), one has historically been responsible for day-to-day IT functions and routine technology refreshes. But as the industry has experienced rapid change over
By Mary Beth Hamilton, Eze Castle Integration – Hedge fund assets have hit record highs in each of the five past quarters, to some $3.2 trillion, and will grow by 5.5% over the next 12 months, according to Don Steinbrugge, head of Agecroft Partners. With this performance and 2018 well started, new hedge funds are looking to launch.
Technology is just one of the many areas to consider when starting a hedge fund. To help jump start the process, below is a list of some commonly asked questions we receive.
Where do I start in creating a technology budget for my hedge
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