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Jensen Partners: Best Recruitment Company for Investor Relations & Asset Raising – Due to its intense, long-standing focus on data, Jensen Partners has a one-of-a-kind model when it comes to executive search. By combining both quantitative and qualitative data-centric approaches, Jensen Partners is able to generate a wealth of information that can be used to assist the firm’s clients with raising capital by identifying and securing the ideal human capital.
The hiring landscape is very competitive. As hiring trends shift, Sasha Jensen, founder and CEO of Jensen Partners, says the firm is aware it has to work hard to source the
UMB Bank: Best Custodian – High-touch service is key in the private equity arena due to the manual nature of preparing investment documentation and the expertise required to do so accurately. To develop the specialised skillset required to service these clients UMB Bank has been investing in building and developing a team with deep product expertise.
“UMB has experienced a significant amount of growth in the private equity sector. New clients have sought out UMB because of our first-class service model within the PE space,” says Amy Small SVP, executive director of Institutional Custody at UMB.
The firm utilises industry
ACA Aponix: Best Cyber Security Provider – One of the greatest challenges facing cyber-security and technology risk is how privacy regulation is being addressed in the United States. As a result, ACA Aponix, the cybersecurity and risk division of ACA Compliance Group, is focusing on privacy regulation and readiness for 2020.
“The plethora of state regulations and nits and nuances of each will create significant work for private equity clients and for their portfolio companies,” remarks Raj Bakhru, Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at ACA Compliance Group.
Currently, privacy regulation is at the state level and it is quite possible that firms
HDFH has formally launched the Global Digital Bank Consortium Blockchain Investment Fund at the 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai.
Initiated by HDFH, Yillion Bank and Zhongguancun Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (ZVCA) in collaboration with domestic and international investors, the new fund will invest in digital banks and proven fintech infrastructure platforms worldwide, as well as integrate the capabilities of the three parties’ management teams to facilitate the upgrading of investment targets, ultimately maximising value in the capital markets.
“Based on the investors’ accumulation of experience in the fintech sector, the fund plans to invest in
Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, an independent provider of globally competitive and flexible outsourced management company, platform and fund administration services, has converted two of its fund platforms from PLCs (Public Limited Companies) to ICAVs (Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles).
Prescient supports investment managers of Irish regulated and other traditional and alternative funds by providing the infrastructure and performing the key control functions that are required to help them to grow their businesses and meet their regulatory obligations.
The two umbrella platforms, one regulated as a UCITS and one regulated as a QIAIF (Qualified Investor Alternative Investment Fund), enable international investment
Janney Montgomery Scott, a full-service wealth management, capital markets, and asset management firm, is to utilise iCapital Network’s platform technology in a white-label solution to enhance the alternative investment capabilities on its platform.
Through the partnership, Janney’s Financial Advisors gain access to iCapital’s curated online menu of private equity and hedge fund offerings with the ability to seamlessly incorporate these investments into client portfolios. Within the fund menu, the iCapital Research and Due Diligence Team provides a high-quality array of diverse alternative investment offerings to help achieve desired client outcomes of growth, income, and portfolio diversification. iCapital will also offer
Bunker Hill Capital, a Boston-based private equity investor in lower middle market companies, has sold ASPEQ Heating Group (ASPEQ), a St Louis-based manufacturer of highly engineered electric‐heating and thermal‐management technologies to San Francisco-based Industrial Growth Partners.
Bunker Hill Capital acquired ASPEQ in June 2015 and was joined in the transaction with equity, senior debt and subordinated debt financing from management, Abacus Finance Group, Madison Capital Funding, BB&T Capital Partners and BMO Mezzanine Fund. In addition to the incumbent management team, Bunker Hill Capital recruited Dave Smith as CEO in 2017, and Jim Killeen as Vice President of Sales in early 2018.
“We
By Gary Paulin (pictured), Global Head of Integrated Trading Solutions, Northern Trust Capital Markets – The asset management industry is facing unprecedented pressure from competition, fees, regulatory and compliance challenges, technology costs and shifting product demand. The resulting squeeze on margins is forcing many to lower operating costs and increase scale via consolidation and/or outsourcing.
In recent years, asset servicing has experienced two distinct cycles of outsourcing. In the 1980s, it was the back office. In the early 2000s, it was the middle office. Pressure on asset management is leading to a third wave of outsourcing, this time around the front
Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services has rebranded as Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) following the completion of its management buyout from Moody’s Corporation, supported by the European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone).
Acuity, a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and automation technology to the financial services sector, has also appointed Philip Gore-Randall as Non-Executive Chairman.
Under its new brand identity and with Equistone’s backing, Acuity will continue to provide market-leading customised knowledge services to a growing, blue-chip client base of over 300 financial services firms globally, in domains such as investment banking, investment research, private equity &
A new survey of senior private equity professionals reveals that only 23 per cent describe the due diligence that private equity firms carry out on cyber security issues of target companies as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.
The research, which was commissioned by Mactavish, the leading expert on commercial insurance placement and disputes, reveals that 30 per cent of the private equity professionals interviewed describe the industry’s work here as ‘average’, and 27 per cent them said it was ‘poor’ or ‘terrible.’
However, the findings suggest future potential improvements in this area, as 83 per cent of respondents expect private equity firms
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