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Law firm Paul Hastings has signed a pre-let agreement to locate its new London office at 100 Bishopsgate. The firm will take the top two floors of the 37-storey tower totalling circa 40,000 sq ft  Paul Hastings joins other confirmed occupants including Royal Bank of Canada, Jefferies and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.  The target date for Paul Hastings’ occupancy in 100 Bishopsgate is in the Third Quarter of 2019.   Located in the heart of the City of London, close to the Bank and Liverpool Street commuter hubs, 100 Bishopsgate is set to become one of the most prominent office towers
Laurent Vanderweyen, Alter Domus
Alter Domus, a fund and corporate services provider is now able to offer third party Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) services following its acquisition of Luxembourg Fund Partners, a Super Manco with Chapter 15 (UCITS) and AIFM authorisations. Founded in 2009, Luxembourg Fund Partners was one of the first Luxembourg-based independent management companies to comply with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ Directive (AIFMD).   Following the acquisition, the company has changed its name to Alter Domus Management Company SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alter Domus, providing solutions for international fund managers seeking UCITS or AIFM services in an open
Philipp Pieper, Swarm
Swarm, a blockchain for private equity and hedge fund investments, has launched the first major update to the Swarm Asset Management Network Alpha. With this release, Swarm Fund token (SWM) wallets are now integrated with the Alpha Platform. In addition, SWM token holders can now start voting on foundation-level decisions via the Swarm Liquid Democracy Voting Module (LDVM), powered by SecureVote.   “We’re delighted to go live with this version of the Swarm Asset Management Network nearly a month ahead of schedule,” says Philipp Pieper (pictured), CEO and Co-Founder of Swarm. “Items like an integrated wallet and a dedicated
Business information provider IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO) today announced that Partners Group, a EUR62 billion global private markets investment manager, has selected IHS Markit’s thinkFolio as its cross-asset order management and portfolio modelling system. The platform will be delivered as a managed service with IHS Markit hosting the thinkFolio software in the cloud, managing upgrades and real-time feeds, and executing overnight data loads and start-of-day processes.   Partners Group is also migrating to WSOWeb, the fully-managed syndicated loan portfolio administration and accounting service from IHS Markit. Together, thinkFolio and WSO will deliver a comprehensive loan and credit investment management platform
Geoff Ruddick, IMS Fund Services
Three experienced figures in the alternative investment industry have partnered to form a new licensed fiduciary services company in the Cayman Islands.
Olivia Munro, Eze Castle Integration
By Olivia Munro, Eze Castle Integration – All too often we hear from firms before a IT and cybersecurity audit asking what they can do to make the audit process go as smoothly as possible. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to ensure a stress-free audit. In this two-part blog series, we will help you create a checklist to prepare for your audit and also remediate the findings post-audit. 1 Notify internal and external partners that an audit is happening. Your team and partners should be prepared to act quickly to remediate the findings or provide any documentation the auditors
Mary Beth Hamilton, Eze Castle Integration
By Mary Beth Hamilton, Eze Castle Integration – As 17 April (US) and 30 April (Canada) near, cyber scammers are pulling out all their tax scams to trick consumers and capitalise on the flurry of activity. Our friends over at Proofpoint say that this time of year, [they have] tracked malware distribution in addition to the customary phishing schemes among the email threats related to federal taxes. The IRS is also urging people to remember that “the IRS doesn’t initiate contact with taxpayers by email, text messages or social media channels to request personal or financial information. In addition, IRS
KAP Group is aiming to help both emerging and established private equity fund managers communicate effectively with institutional investors with the launch of the KAP Private Equity Boot Camps educational programme. The first Boot Camp module, Sell Your Story, will include six highly interactive webinars, delivered over three months, designed to help private equity managers sell their vision, create compelling marketing materials, evaluate alternative capital structures, learn how to cultivate successful long-term relationships, and more. Participants will also have exclusive access to accomplished industry leaders throughout the module.   Included in the registration are one hour of consulting time with
Cybersecurity
Koger has enhanced its compliance technology to provide a comprehensive tool for financial crime prevention.  The company’s KURE software handles all aspects of Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Client (AML/KYC) due diligence, as well as complete Customer Lifecycle Management (CLM). Koger provides software for investor services, compliance and business process management, serving global financial institutions, banks and asset managers including hedge funds, private equity funds and mutual funds. The company’s technology supports more than 8,000 funds with USD2 trillion in assets.   The software is built on three interrelated states of compliance – onboarding, due diligence and off-boarding – and
William Kelly, CAIA
OppenheimerFunds has partnered with the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association to develop specialised alternative investment training for the firm’s client engagement teams and further serve the needs of high net worth (HNW) clients. In October 2017, OppenheimerFunds announced a joint venture with The Carlyle Group to provide global private credit solutions and deliver long-term income capabilities to HNW investors. The specialised alternative investment training from CAIA will be its first comprehensive program to include private credit focused education and will be made available to OppenheimerFunds consultants serving HNW teams as part of the joint venture initiative.   “Bringing the highest

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