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It’s a fair assumption to say that the proliferation of hedge fund regulation has spurred technology providers to produce newer, innovative solutions.
Central to this is the growing complexity surrounding data management. If one were to plot data volume over time over the last five years it would resemble a hockey stick with the introduction of Form PF reporting by the SEC two years ago marking the point at which managers began to deal with ‘Big Data’.
Whether it is Annex IV reporting under AIFMD in Europe, reporting on derivative positions under Dodd-Frank and EMIR, CPO-PQR, FATCA, reporting short selling positions to the Hong
Equities First Holdings (EFH) has acquired Meridian Equity Partners Limited in the UK.
Its operations will continue under the name Equities First (London) Limited.
Equities First Holdings specialises in shareholder finance with offices in London, Indianapolis, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Sydney and Perth.
“Today’s acquisition is transformational for our company and brings our services and brand to a new, global level. With seven offices to serve clients in Europe, Asia, Australia and the US, we are able to offer liquidity at attractive levels against publicly traded shares to individual investors, businesses, and executives of public companies around the
International law firm Akin Gump has appointed four partners from Bingham McCutcheon in the firm’s corporate, restructuring and funds practices in London and Hong Kong.
The new partners are: Vance Chapman (corporate, London), Thomas John Holton (funds, London), Matthew Puhar (corporate, Hong Kong) and Thiha Tun (funds, London).
These practitioners join 22 partners from Bingham McCutchen who, as announced on September 17, will be joining Akin Gump in London, Hong Kong and Frankfurt over the coming weeks.
Akin Gump chairperson Kim Koopersmith says: “We were thrilled with our announcement last week, and the chance to welcome these additional
Dion Global Solutions has launched a new technology solution, AlphaClick, which aims to enhance portfolio monitoring for private equity and venture capital firms.
AlphaClick streamlines the collection and analysis of portfolio company data, enabling fund managers to meet increased transparency and reporting requirements.
Dion has deployed the solution at RTP Ventures, a US-based venture capital firm specialising in investing into software companies.
AlphaClick automatically turns raw investee information into actionable insights. This reduces time spent on collecting, processing and analysing data, and simplifies and improves reporting and decision-making.
Experienced financial analysts support the automated validation and standardisation,
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a New York-based investment advisory firm with breaching its fiduciary duty to a pair of private equity funds.
According to the SEC charges the firm shared expenses between a company in one fund’s portfolio and a company in the other fund’s portfolio in a manner that improperly benefited one fund over the other.
An SEC investigation found that while Lincolnshire Management integrated the two portfolio companies and managed them as one, the funds were separately advised and had distinct sets of investors. Despite developing an expense allocation policy as part
Saionton Basu has joined corporate practice group at Duane Morris as a partner.
Based in London, Basu further strengthens Duane Morris' growing corporate practice, particularly with regard to international matters.
Basu joins Duane Morris from Penningtons Manches, where he was co-head of the firm's India practice.
Basu advises international clients who are active in India, including banks, corporations, foreign governments and financial institutions, as well as Indian companies doing business in the UK and Europe. He is an experienced mergers, acquisitions and projects lawyer and advises on international corporate and commercial activities involving a wide range of industries
GEMCORP, a new financial firm focused on investments in emerging markets, is now open for business.
Atanas Bostandjiev, formerly a partner at Goldman Sachs and more recently UK and international CEO of VTB Capital, has been joined by group of experienced emerging markets investment professionals at GEMCORP.
The firm has so far raised USD500 million from European institutional investors with a lock-up period of five years.
Bostandjiev says: “We want to position ourselves as the access point for institutional investors when it comes to investing in emerging market sovereign and private sectors. We see a significant gap where
Frette, the international luxury linen and home furnishings business, has appointed Hervé Martin as chief executive with immediate effect.
The move follows the acquisition of a majority stake in Frette by Change Capital Partners, the pan-European private equity fund investing in retail and consumer goods companies.
Change Capital Partners will make a significant investment in Frette to enable it to reach its full growth potential.
Martin has built an extensive career in leading a number of international luxury and fashion brands. He is the former chief executive of Baccarat, the luxury crystal manufacturer, where he oversaw the firm’s
Domestic regulations in Europe are inhibiting the cross-border benefits of the European Commission’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), according to analysis by law firm CMS.
CMS has released a passporting guide to help Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) navigate the new legislation and understand the complexities of cross-border fund management under AIFMD, other European directives and domestic regulations.
AIFMD, which came into force on 22 July 2014, promotes passporting rights as a key benefit for hedge, private equity, real estate and other alternative investment fund managers. In practice, however, AIFMs are experiencing impediments to passporting because some domestic
Glennmont Partners, an investment manager dedicated to clean energy in Europe, has commenced operation of the 38MW Sleaford straw-fired renewable energy plant.
The plant was built by a consortium of Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S and Burmeister and Wain Energy A/S.
Glennmont purchased 100 per cent of the equity in the project in December 2011, and financed the construction through a debt package provided by NIBC Bank NV, RBS, Siemens Bank GmbH and Unicredit Bank AG.
Sleaford will generate enough electricity to power 65,000 homes as well as providing free heat to local sports clubs and community
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