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Almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of asset managers regard content marketing as their most effective marketing tool with 65 per cent planning to increase their investment in the content marketing space in the coming year.
That’s according to the latest annual survey by Kurtosys which seeks to find out how marketers at asset management firms are reacting to changes in the digital landscape. The survey reveals that social media is considered equal in importance with email campaigns, both, at 42 per cent.
Despite the rise of social media, ‘traditional’ web presence remains a top priority too, with an overwhelming 70
Albion Capital Group LLP (Albion) has sold its stake in Hilson Moran Holdings Limited (Hilson Moran), an engineering services group in the UK and Middle East, to Tyrens AB (Tyrens), a Swedish technical consultancy.
Hilson Moran’s management team will remain as shareholders and the company will continue to operate under its existing brand name. The investment comes on the back of strong growth for Hilson Moran and will enable the business to provide combined MEP and structural engineering services, joining forces with existing Tyrens investment AKTII.
Funds managed by Albion received total consideration over the course of the investment
By Mary Beth Hamilton – There has been discussion for years about whether public or private cloud platforms were more suitable to financial and investment management firms. And that debate continues, but with the addition of a new player – the hybrid cloud.
While the public cloud receives praise for its flexibility and potential cost savings and the private cloud for its robust security and reliable performance, the hybrid iteration essentially marries these features to create a compelling package for firms who don’t fit naturally into the previous two categories.
Take a closer look at how public, private and hybrid
Independent trust, fund and corporate services provider Crestbridge has appointed Anke Jager (pictured), as Director with a particular remit to lead and develop its Corporate Services division in Luxembourg, and has promoted Ludivine Nicolai to Director.
In her new role, Jager will take on responsibility for overseeing and continuing to grow Crestbridge’s business in Luxembourg that offers a broad range of corporate, administration and company secretarial services to global institutions including funds, fund managers, corporates and banks.
With over 12 years’ experience in Luxembourg’s financial services industry, Jager has extensive knowledge of the multi-jurisdictional company secretarial and corporate governance
Intertrust has been appointed as fund administrator to the UK’s first female founded, specialist private equity firm, Vaultier7 (V7).
Intertrust will provide V7 with a full suite of fund administration, reporting and regulatory services. V7 focusses on the beauty, wellness and lifestyle sectors and will invest in companies with revenues between GBP3 million and GBP15 million, providing a growth capital investment of between GBP2 million and GBP10 million.
V7 will benefit from Intertrust’s proven track record in guiding emerging fund managers. Intertrust has been appointed by the firm for the depth of its asset class expertise and ability to
Maples and Calder has appointed Adrian Francis, formerly a barrister at Three Stone in London, as a partner in the firm’s BVI Litigation and Insolvency practice.
Francis has extensive experience working in large cross border teams on high value, complex international disputes. He was called to the Bar in England and Wales in 1988 and has also been called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI).
Following the passage of Hurricane Irma in early September, a number of Maples and Calder’s BVI team members have temporarily relocated to the firm’s Cayman Islands office. Francis will also
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Steve Harrison as Portfolio Director. Based in the Leeds office, Harrison will be focussed on actively managing YFM’s growth and buy-out investments as part of the portfolio team led by David Bell.
With over 19 years’ industry experience, Harrison joins from Santander Corporate Bank, where he was a Director in Santander’s Growth Capital team for five years. There, he launched the bank’s GBP200 million Growth Capital Fund across the North of England, was responsible for sourcing new investment opportunities, structuring bespoke funding packages and leading all aspects of the investment process. He also provided
Research has been conducted into middle market companies across a wide range of industries about near-term plans for M&A, and perceptions of the prospects for their businesses under the Trump administration.
Results show that ninety five per cent of CEOs and senior business leaders of privately held, high growth companies are interested in M&A over the next three years, according to a new survey conducted by Harris & Co and Inc.
This compares with 81 per cent who were considering M&A when the survey was last undertaken back in 2015.
A 65 per cent majority also said they
Avignon Capital, a European property investment firm and asset manager, has launched Platinum Property Management in a joint venture with McCafferty Asset Management.
Avignon Capital has formed a strategic partnership with McCafferty Asset Management, a European asset and property manager, after identifying a gap in the market for a high-quality Pan-European property management service.
Platinum Property Management will offer a flexible and tailored approach and will act as the link between landlord and tenant to improve services by building stronger relationships and providing an all-encompassing real estate solution. Platinum’s services will build on McCafferty’s strong accountancy knowledge and will
Red Deer, a next-generation financial technology company dedicated to enhancing the performance of active investment managers, has announced that alternative investment fund manager Cheyne Capital Management has selected Red Deer’s MiFID II solution to manage its research consumption, valuation and inducement requirements across its investment business, in advance of the 3 January 2018 MiFID II deadline.
“Red Deer demonstrated a fully flexible solution for MiFID II research unbundling that should allow us to manage all our inducement, research consumption and valuation requirements with minimum disruption to the front office. It should also allow us to attribute, forecast and manage budgets
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