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Muhammad Akram, founder and CEO of assurance, advisory and tax specialist Akram, sat with Private Equity Wire recently to discuss the current launch environment for private equity funds in the US.
The rate at which private equity firms are looking to outsource parts of their operations continues to increase, according to Ocorian, a specialist in corporate and fiduciary services, fund administration and capital markets.
Ocorian says tit has seen a significant increase in enquiries this year from private equity firms looking to outsource when compared to the same period in 2021.
In addition, Ocorian says increased scrutiny by regulators, with US regulators warning private equity managers to expect more fines and enforcement actions for overcharging investors, is stretching in-house compliance teams and causing GPs to reassess.
Star Mountain Capital, a specialised lower middle-market investment firm, has signed a multi-year agreement with alternative investment data management SaaS platform Accelex.
Star Mountain plans to use the Accelex platform to process long-form performance reports for both their invested fund portfolio as well as secondaries pre-deal opportunities. Accelex is a key enabler in delivering investment transparency providing key insights for investors regarding cost and performance of funds.
One of the main challenges facing asset management firms like Star Mountain is the increasing amount of unstructured data that requires manual, time-consuming processing. Accelex aims to solve this challenge by not
Marlin Capital Partners (Marlin) has extended its existing partnership with Apex Group to include the provision of fund administration and accounting services for its latest fund Marlin RSP.
Marlin Capital Partners is headquartered in Nassau, The Bahamas and is licensed and regulated by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas to offer advisory services and manage assets on a discretionary basis.
Marlin RSP was launched in February 2022, representing a 70% growth in the firm’s assets under management to target discrete market opportunities created by short- and long-term inefficiencies. Marlin RSP has wide freedom to target investment opportunities across varying
Apex Group, a global financial services provider, has expanded its Global Compliance Solutions offering designed for the Singapore market, which is led by newly appointed Stefan Ho, head of compliance solutions, Singapore.
Apex Group’s expanded Global Compliance Solutions team provides clients with tech-enabled compliance and AML solutions to meet their operational and regulatory obligations across international financial hubs. This single-source solution delivers efficiency, simplifies compliance and enables business opportunities from regulatory licensing support through to ongoing compliance advisory for existing and future regulatory requirements.
The launch of Compliance Solutions in the Singapore market will help to address clients’ risks
JTC has launched a fund administration offering in Ireland to complement existing Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM), depositary and corporate services.
eFront, BlackRock’s alternative investment management platform, has partnered with sustainability tech firm Clarity AI to enable GPs and LPs to generate quantitative sustainability assessments of alternative investment portfolios.
Through a simplified workflow, eFront is encouraging industry participation and help solve the gap of sustainability metrics outside publicly listed companies—fostering an ecosystem of communication across LPs, GPs, and PortCos.
LPs opting into the eFrontnow sustainability service will be able to access and extract Clarity AI ESG data related to their portfolios and utilise that data within their reporting. GPs will also be able to generate analytics and benchmarking at the company-,
Apex Group Ltd has closed its acquisition of Sanne Group (Sanne), a global provider of alternative asset and corporate services for £1.5 billion.
Lionpoint and Accelex have formed a strategic partnership aimed at delivering end-to-end operational efficiency to the Private Markets industry.
As the sector continues to grow, Private Markets investor’s demands are increasing. There is a clear need for more capable technology solutions delivering more automation while, at the same time, driving better informed investment decision making.
Lionpoint and Accelex share a similar vision and approach to the development and improvement of operational efficiency for the acquisition, analytics, and reporting of investment data.
iCapital, a global fintech platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, has completed the acquisition of SIMON Markets. The transaction meaningfully broadens iCapital’s investment menu, technical capabilities, education offerings and support services for advisors and their clients.
Through this acquisition, iCapital will create a single source of alternative investment strategies from nearly 300 asset managers and product manufacturers, adding SIMON’s structured investments, annuities, digital assets and risk-managed products offerings to iCapital’s extensive menu of private offerings including equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure, direct deals, hedge funds, and other alternative strategies.
The combination
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