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By George Ralph, RFA – Risk is part of everyday life for firms in the private equity sector and goes way beyond volatile markets and unpredictable cash flows. Firms must deal with the risks associated with the use of technology, in both the private equity firm and its portfolio companies.
If the infrastructure or systems fail to meet expectations, if they cost more to operate, are unreliable and do not work well, they bring uncertainties and pose significant technology risk. There is also risk associated with the use of third party suppliers, as many firms routinely engage third parties to
Skybox Security, a specialist in cybersecurity management, has secured a USD150 million growth equity investment led by CVC Capital Partners’ Growth Fund (CVC Growth) (USD100 million), with participation from Pantheon (USD50 million).
Based in Silicon Valley, Skybox has a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46 per cent and positive cash flow (2014 – 2016). This round of funding will enable an accelerated investment in sales and marketing, customer care and R&D. It will also be used for potential M&A activity, to capitalise on the approximately USD10 billion market opportunity in cybersecurity management.
Skybox builds best–in–class cybersecurity management software
Imagineer Technology Group, a specialist in CRM/investor relations and web reporting solutions for alternative asset managers, has partnered with investor network Harvest.
The partnership will develop synergies and additional benefits for their respective clients in the areas of marketing automation, CRM and content strategies.
“Hedge fund marketing strategies are fast evolving to meet the demands of today’s investors,” says Peter Hans, Harvest CEO. “Harvest is excited to partner with Imagineer to innovate powerful business building strategies that bring investors together with the right managers who match their investment needs.”
“By joining forces with Harvest, Imagineer will help
By Matt Mulry (pictured), Dillon Eustace – We often hear the Cayman Islands are criticised in the press or in political debate over perceived financial secrecy. A flagging election campaign in the US or Europe can easily benefit from the rejuvenating spark provided by an airing of the offshore holdings of the candidates and their families.
The slow release of private financial records from the Cook Islands or Panama can make headline news for weeks. The results of disclosing private financial information can be so potent that the effects on the economies of these small jurisdictions is largely ignored and
AEP 2017 Ltd has selected Aztec to administer the Accent Equity 2017; a Nordic focused private equity fund advised by Accent Equity Partners AB (Accent).
Established in 1994, Accent has advised funds of over EUR1 billion in committed capital and these funds have acquired more than 80 Nordic mid-market companies since its inception, realising over 60 of those investments. Accent Equity 2017 L.P. represents its eighth fund, with its second and final close raising over EUR315 million (SEK3 billion) in capital.
Aztec will support AEP 2017 with fund establishment activities and provide ongoing administration, financial reporting and company secretarial
Starting up a fund is a battle, regardless of which jurisdiction the manager chooses. For those with a trading background embarking on their inaugural launch, one location that is perfectly predisposed yet sometimes overlooked is the Netherlands; a mere one hour from London City airport.
Having established the first stock exchange in 1611, (referred to as Beurs van Hendrick de Keyser), and created the first ever asset bubble, produced on the back of fervent speculation on the future value of tulips, Amsterdam has long been the epicentre of trading and innovation.
As a jurisdiction, it leads the way in trading
By Mary Beth Hamilton – There has been discussion for years about whether public or private cloud platforms were more suitable to financial and investment management firms. And that debate continues, but with the addition of a new player – the hybrid cloud.
While the public cloud receives praise for its flexibility and potential cost savings and the private cloud for its robust security and reliable performance, the hybrid iteration essentially marries these features to create a compelling package for firms who don’t fit naturally into the previous two categories.
Take a closer look at how public, private and hybrid
Intertrust has been appointed as fund administrator to the UK’s first female founded, specialist private equity firm, Vaultier7 (V7).
Intertrust will provide V7 with a full suite of fund administration, reporting and regulatory services. V7 focusses on the beauty, wellness and lifestyle sectors and will invest in companies with revenues between GBP3 million and GBP15 million, providing a growth capital investment of between GBP2 million and GBP10 million.
V7 will benefit from Intertrust’s proven track record in guiding emerging fund managers. Intertrust has been appointed by the firm for the depth of its asset class expertise and ability to
Red Deer, a next-generation financial technology company dedicated to enhancing the performance of active investment managers, has announced that alternative investment fund manager Cheyne Capital Management has selected Red Deer’s MiFID II solution to manage its research consumption, valuation and inducement requirements across its investment business, in advance of the 3 January 2018 MiFID II deadline.
“Red Deer demonstrated a fully flexible solution for MiFID II research unbundling that should allow us to manage all our inducement, research consumption and valuation requirements with minimum disruption to the front office. It should also allow us to attribute, forecast and manage budgets
Fund Partners (FP), a UK-based independent ACD (Authorised Corporate Director) has hired Chris Spencer as the new Managing Director for its London office.
FP was recently acquired by FundRock, one of the largest independent UCITS and AIFM investment management companies in Europe.
Over the course of his 30 year career, Spencer has gained extensive experience in the UK investment funds industry covering all aspects of retail and fund administration as well as developing brokerage capability alongside asset management. Before joining FP, Spencer was Managing Director at International Financial Data Services (IFDS), which has been renamed DST, where, over his 13
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