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The Maples group is expanding its presence in the Asia Pacific region with the launch of the full service offering of MaplesFS in Singapore.
MaplesFS, through its operating divisions Maples Fund Services and Maples Fiduciary, is an independent provider of fiduciary, accounting and administration services.
With the launch of its office in Singapore, MaplesFS will provide clients in the region with a wide range of services to satisfy their fund administration, corporate formation and fiduciary needs.
Maples Fund Services (Singapore) will focus on providing middle office, data aggregation and reporting, and fund administration services to Singapore domiciled funds
Apex Technologies has selected Eze Castle’s Eze Private Cloud to deliver cloud services to its hedge fund and alternative investment firm customers.
The Apex Cloud, powered by the Eze Private Cloud, allows Apex Technologies to offer clients secure IT operation and hosting solutions that increase operational efficiency and simplified technology management.
Apex Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apex Holdings, one of the world’s largest independent fund administration companies.
Apex Technologies services clients within the hedge fund, private equity, fund of funds, and investment management industry to deliver technology and operational services.
Apex Cloud, powered
Scandinavian municipal waste collector RenoNorden, a portfolio company of CapVest, has appointed Staffan Ebenfelt as group chief executive officer, effective January 2014.
Ebenfelt has spent the past 13 years with Coor Services Management, a Nordic facilities manager, most recently as executive vice president. Prior to his current position, he was head of Coor’s Swedish business for 12 years as well as being responsible for the group’s operations outside the Nordics, including Hungary, Poland and Belgium.
RenoNorden is focussed exclusively on household waste collection for 4.3 million inhabitants on behalf of municipalities. CapVest, the European mid-market private equity firm, acquired
Advise Technologies has released upgraded reporting and electronic filing software for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) to coincide with the new guidelines released by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
On 1 October, ESMA released final guidance on reporting obligations under the AIFMD. The release included a consolidated reporting template, an opinion letter, and updated technical specifications, all of which have been incorporated into Advise’s revamped software to provide a working solution that fully reflects the most recent guidance.
The consolidated reporting template put forth by ESMA in the final guidance includes significant changes from the previous
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), chief executive of Guernsey Finance, explores how Guernsey’s investment and insurance expertise mean it is capitalising on the opportunities presented by the growth of Insurance Linked Securities (ILS).
Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) are growing in popularity among investors as an alternative asset class and with insurers as a means of accessing greater quantities of affordable risk transfer capacity. ILS permit an insurer to purchase additional protection for low frequency, high severity losses, including natural and non-natural perils, operating in the traditional insurance market, typically in the form of catastrophe ‘cat’ bonds or collateralised reinsurance. Investors are
First Light Asset Management has selected Market Street Advisors’ Archer MSA investment management platform and a full suite of operational services from MSA Ops.
First Light was established in September 2013 by chief executive and senior portfolio manager Matt Arens and managing director Brett Johnson.
First Light needed a turn-key solution from a company with extensive knowledge of separately managed accounts and back office expertise.
Arens says: "The experience and responsiveness of Market Street Advisors' team was a key element in our decision."
Ron Rawdon, senior vice president, director of new business development at MSA, says: "First
TVM Capital is to sharpen its investment focus and exclusively invest in healthcare private equity investments in the MENA region and life science venture capital investments in Western Europe and North America.
Investments will be made through TVM’s private equity team TVM Capital MENA, based in Dubai, and through its venture capital team, based in Munich and Montreal.
Dr Helmut Schühsler, chairman of TVM Capital says: "We experience a significant opportunity through the rapid ascension of emerging markets and the MENA region is becoming an attractive investment geography for private equity investment into private healthcare. At the same time,
Allen Edmonds, a maker of high-end men's shoes, is to be acquired by Brentwood Associates, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Allen Edmonds has generated some interest in the press recently, after a Wall Street Journal report last month said Men's Wearhouse was pursuing a possible purchase of the company.
Just Marketing International (JMI), a member of Spire Capital’s Fund II portfolio, will be acquired in full by Chime Communications through its subsidiary CSM Sport & Entertainment in a transaction valued at USD76m.
Spire, along with the Indiana Investment Fund, purchased control of JMI in June 2008 with a focus on assisting JMI's management team in leveraging its marketing services presence in the motorsports industry. Spire's focus was centred on operational and financial efficiency, international expansion and client diversification.
"I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to work with the entire team at Spire," says JMI chief executive Zak
Jersey’s government has received assurances from the French Finance Ministry that the island will be removed from France’s list of uncooperative jurisdictions in due course.
Officials from Jersey met with senior officials from France’s Ministry of Finance last week and were told that Jersey’s significant efforts to ensure tax information requests are responded to swiftly and effectively are being recognised by French officials.
Jersey Finance chief executive Geoff Cook (pictured) says: “Jersey’s government has given this issue the highest priority, and their most recent meeting with French officials was clearly a constructive one. The focus now is on ensuring
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