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Scope has published a new rating methodology for evaluating the quality and competence of individual investment teams within asset management companies.
The methodology is applied to investment teams which predominantly invest in liquid, traditional instruments such as shares and bonds, as well as in liquid alternative strategies such as long/short equities.
The new methodology expands Scope’s rating spectrum. Until now, Scope evaluated asset managers in their entirety as well as in individual asset classes (investment centres). As a result of the new methodology, a focussed assessment of individual investment teams is now possible.
The evaluation focuses on industry
Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to Private Equity in Europe, has been authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland to provide Fund Administration services.
This authorisation, effective 16 July 2018, enables Ipes (Ireland) Limited to provide full administration services to collective investment schemes and alternative investment managers in Ireland, including fund administration, financial reporting, company secretarial and management support services.
Ipes, which has 35 staff based in Cork, expects the business to grow significantly in the next 12 months.
Ipes Chief Executive Chris Merry says: “We are delighted to have reached this milestone in Ireland. Cork is
KOGER has enhanced its workflow management software to provide the fund services sector with ‘complete functionality for document, business process and client contact management’.
KOGER says the workflow platform now offers process control and efficiency with full operational transparency, and facilitates participation in each process by fund customers and investors.
“We believe we have delivered a digital workflow platform for the fund services and asset management industry that delivers unparalleled reciprocal value. Our workflow solution connects all elements of service delivery and creates a seamless customer experience,” says Ras Sipko (pictured), KOGER Chief Operating Officer. “The automation offered by
Stockholm IT Ventures, a Swedish technology company specialising in energy crypto currency mining, has secured a EUR2 million investment in its Bytemine token (BYTM) from Pecunio’s VC Fund.
Pecunio, a fintech company in the United Arab Emirates, has also offered to purchase the remaining allocation of Bytemine tokens (up to EUR 1 million) by the end of the sale.
“We are extremely excited to have Pecunio on board as an institutional investor,” says Phillip Nunn, Managing Director of the Crypto Division for Stockholm IT Ventures. “Being recognised and added to Pecunio’s exclusive portfolio represents a great testament to our
Northern Trust has launched North America Alternative Fund Services, a new group which combines established private equity and hedge fund services businesses to address the operational and strategic needs of the evolving alternative asset management industry.
North America Alternative Fund Services provides fund administration, accounting and data solutions to some of the world’s most sophisticated hedge funds, private equity managers and managed account platforms. It offers specialised expertise in complex valuations, cash, collateral and liquidity management, as well as analytics and transparency into portfolios that increasingly combine hedge fund strategies with fund structures traditionally used by private equity firms.
By Amit Taylor (pictured) & Mel Torode, Estera – The argument for greater diversity on boards has grabbed many headlines in recent years, as companies and organisations across the globe increasingly realise the benefits offered in terms of fresh ideas and insight.
Much of the early focus was on the impact that women can have in the boardroom. Yet diversity is a very broad church – covering everything from gender, race, sexuality, and disability, to social demographics, different ways of thinking, age, professional expertise and much more.
It is now widely accepted – and numerous studies have demonstrated – that
EFG Fund Services has been selected as full service provider to Index Ventures’ two latest funds, extending a relationship that dates back to 2000.
Index Ventures IX, a Jersey Expert Fund, has closed at a hard cap of USD650 million in commitments and will continue Index Ventures’ seed and venture investment in technology start-ups.
Index Ventures Growth IV, also a Jersey Expert Fund, has closed at a hard cap of USD1 billion in commitments to continue Index Ventures’ investment in growth phase technology companies. These are the tenth and eleventh funds to which Index has appointed EFG Fund Services
The London office of international law firm Winston & Strawn represented Mind Gym PLC on its GBP145 million listing on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
The transaction involved a GBP50 million vendor placing by founders and employees and on admission to trading, Mind Gym had a market capitalisation of over GBP145 million.
The placing was oversubscribed and on close of business after the first day of trading the company’s share price had increased by 25 per cent. Liberum Capital Limited acted as nominated adviser, sole bookrunner, and sole broker on the deal.
Mind Gym is
Alternative finance provider Liberis has used Open Banking technology to increase funding access for UK small businesses, using it to process a full funding application for the first time.
Working with leaders in Open Banking technology Openwrks, Liberis was granted access by the customer to see its bank account transaction data in real time. Allowing a clear picture of the business’s funding needs and capabilities, Liberis used this new data source to enhance its decision-making.
This revolutionary method allowed Liberis to assess the application without the customer having to provide additional physical proof of their transaction history. This is a
March this year saw Robert Mirsky, then Global Head of Hedge Funds at KPMG, become Global Head of Asset Management and UK Managing Partner at EisnerAmper.
Mirsky was also charged with opening EisnerAmper’s first UK office and now presides over a small but fast-growing team. The firm is better known in the US, where it is the fifth largest financial services practice, and offers a full suite of accountancy, audit, tax advisory and business advisory services to clients operating in a wide spectrum of business sectors and industries.
Staff globally total 1,500, including 180 partners and principals. The Financial Services
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