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The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and its private credit affiliate, the Alternative Credit Council (ACC), have published new guidance for fund managers in valuing their investments.
The new AIMA Guide to Sound Practices for the Valuation of Investments contains a series of recommendations regarding valuation governance, transparency, procedures, processes and systems and sources, models and methodology.
A number of recommendations from the guide’s previous edition in 2013 have been updated to reflect the evolving valuation process and changes in the regulatory environment, including the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
Additionally, the industry has become more diversified
By Eze Castle Integration – Times have changed. There is little doubt that the alternate investment industry has evolved in recent years with the rise of new regulations, the wide spread adoption of cloud services and deep focus on cybersecurity risks.
But what effect do these changes have for the person responsible for technology at a hedge fund, private equity or investment firm? As a Chief Technology Officer (or comparable role: Director of IT, Chief Information Officer, etc.), one has historically been responsible for day-to-day IT functions and routine technology refreshes. But as the industry has experienced rapid change over
By Mary Beth Hamilton, Eze Castle Integration – Hedge fund assets have hit record highs in each of the five past quarters, to some $3.2 trillion, and will grow by 5.5% over the next 12 months, according to Don Steinbrugge, head of Agecroft Partners. With this performance and 2018 well started, new hedge funds are looking to launch.
Technology is just one of the many areas to consider when starting a hedge fund. To help jump start the process, below is a list of some commonly asked questions we receive.
Where do I start in creating a technology budget for my hedge
The UK Business Angels Association has opened a new Angel Investment Hub in the heart of Bristol.
Housed in Brunel’s original station, dating back to 1841, the Bristol Angel Hub, in partnership with Engine Shed, is an exciting hub where investors, entrepreneurs, business leaders, academics and corporates can collaborate, inspire and be inspired.
The hub showcases the strengths and innovations of the Bristol and Bath city region and is located within a minute’s walk of Bristol Temple Meads, one of the UK’s most connected transport hubs.
Jenny Tooth, CEO of the UKBAA, says: “There is a lack of infrastructure which means that neither
Professor André Spicer, Cass Business School, comments on Cambridge Analytica and questions what the costs will be to big tech firms?
Recent revelations about Cambridge Analytica will put pressure on not just Facebook, but many large tech companies. They will be forced to expand their compliance, privacy and social responsibility functions. Big tech firms are going from being darlings to being devils in the public imagination.
Big tech firms have a Californian mindset: they assume that people will generally do the right thing but this is being challenged. Now, they’re having to stop focusing on the sunny side of human
CoInvestor Connect, CoInvestor’s alternative asset investment platform for sophisticated private investors, has expanded its offering with the addition of private equity funds to the platform.
CoInvestor has continually strengthened its offering since its inception in 2016, transforming the management of alternative assets by digitising this traditionally offline, paper-based asset class.
The addition of private equity funds to CoInvestor’s range of investment products is a response to increasing investor demand for portfolio diversification and further widens the choice for private investors seeking non-market correlated investments.
Altitude Partners, a regionally focused fund supporting talented management teams to grow entrepreneurial companies
Highvern’s funds team is to be the first administrator in Jersey to sign up with private capital software Altareturn. The move comes just a matter of months after Highvern launched its funds business.
“The majority of the fund administration market relies on systems that were created over 20 years ago, most of which treat accounting as a secondary component,” says James Bryant (pictured), Head of Operations. “We see AltaReturn as the next generation of administration systems and it offers a completely new level of functionality around transparency and investor reporting. This demonstrates our commitment to invest in the latest technology.”
Global regulation has developed like a slow growing but increasingly powerful storm system over the last five years. And whereas big wave surfers welcome such conditions thanks to the epic waves it produces, there are, it could be argued, precious few C-suite executives relishing the equivalent regulatory waves being cast ashore.
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has established a North American Committee of leading alternative investment managers and institutional investors to direct the SBAI’s efforts in the region.
The SBAI is supported by approximately 200 alternative investment managers and investors overseeing USD3 trillion.
Members of the SBAI North American Committee will include: Jane Buchan, CEO, PAAMCO; Clint Carlson, President & Chief Investment Officer, Carlson Capital; John Claisse, CEO, Albourne Partners; Tom DeVita, COO & CFO, MKP Capital Management; Samantha Foster, Managing Director, University of Southern California; Ed O’Reilly, Senior Managing Director, Citadel; Russell Read, CIO, Alaska Permanent Fund;
By Olivia Munro, Eze Castle Integration – Financial institutions and firms continue to embrace cloud computing technology. While the hybrid cloud is rising in popularity for firms, there are still some common misconceptions about the methodology.
1 Hybrid cloud is a third and new type of cloud
When the hybrid cloud methodology emerged, many were under the impression that this was a third and new type of cloud. However, the Hybrid Cloud is a blend of private and public cloud. This doesn’t necessarily mean that if you have Private and Public Cloud, you are using the hybrid methodology. True Hybrid
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