Solutions
Indus Valley Partners (IVP), a provider of technology solutions to alternative asset managers, has launched IVP for Private Equity, an end-to-end solution designed to manage portfolio companies, deals, cash flows, water falls and expenses under one platform.
IVP for PE integrates the front, middle and back office across a single deal management platform, while combining in-built in deal analytics, centralised portfolio company data collection, predictive analytics, scenario analysis capabilities coupled with core data management functions to ensure accuracy, consistency and audit trails across data sources.
"PE firms are feeling the inherent limitations of reliance on excel,” says Gurvinder Singh (pictured),
Eurex Global Securities (EGS) has signed an exclusive agreement with DKG Group for trading on its new advanced and streamlined dark pool trading platform, the European Global Trading Platform (ETGP).
Dark pool trading began to emerge in early 2000s, mainly thanks to the nature of private equity trading and the fact that it allows large institutional investors to buy a large number of stocks without attracting the attention of other public investors. EGS recently announced the agreement with DKG, and will start stock trading activities at the end of this year as part of a global expansion of the stock
The manager of Finnish airports, Finavia, reports that Lapland has been fully prepared for a busy winter season, with air traffic volumes expected to be the highest since 2007, and some 500 charter and scheduled flights arriving in Lapland in December.
Finavia says that the steady annual growth in the number of charter flights shows how attractive winter destination Lapland has become. “Travel operators in Lapland have done a lot of work in developing travel products also for the summer season,” says Joni Sundelin, senior vice president at Finavia.”
Lapland visitors first arrived from London to Enontekiö on 25 November,
Eze Software Group, a provider of global investment management technology, has opened an office in Toronto.
The Toronto location marks a new chapter in Eze Software’s growth in North America, enabling the team to provide faster on-the-ground support for implementations and client operations in Canada.
“As long-time technology partners to Canada’s investment management community, we’ve seen the market become more sophisticated and complex over the last few years,” says Pete Sinisgalli (pictured), CEO. “Having an office in Canada will allow us to be closer to our clients and facilitate faster and better service, in line with our strategy of
The Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA), a representative industry body of over 230 members based in Cyprus, has become an associate member of the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA).
ICMA, the association for the global sell-side and buy-side industry, will support the development of Cyprus’ position as an emerging European funds jurisdiction.
CIFA’s affiliation with the ICMA follows its upgrade to full member status of the National Association of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), granted in June 2016.
CIFA’s accession to the ICMA follows a number of recent measures that have enhanced the legislative and
Confluence predicts that the rise of regulatory technology (RegTech) in 2017 will trigger a transformation of the asset management back office, with improved data management and technology solutions delivering operating model improvements through automation.
A subset of FinTech, RegTech consists of technologies proven to facilitate the delivery of regulatory requirements faster and more cost-effectively than existing capabilities.
For asset managers, RegTech will be particularly meaningful in solving complex regulatory data management challenges and complying with condensed reporting cycles, Confluence says.
“Next year will be a pivotal year in the future of the asset management industry,” says Todd Moyer
100 Women in Hedge Funds has launched a new brand and formally changed its name to 100 Women in Finance.
The organisation says the change reflects its growth over the past 15 years from a small group of women working in the hedge fund industry in New York to a global network of more than 15,000 professionals across the finance and alternative investment industries.
As part of the new brand refresh, 100 Women in Finance unveiled a new logo and visual identity system and introduced a redesigned website, accessible at www.100women.org.
"100 Women was among the first organisations
Increased protection against growing cybersecurity threats will be a top driver impact private equity firms’ IT spend in the next 12 months, according to a survey by Eze Castle Integration.
The 2016 Private Equity CTO Survey, conducted in partnership with IDG Research, polled 101 senior-level executives.
It found other top drivers of IT spend are a desire to improve the investor/client experience, and the goal of improving efficiencies by refreshing outdated or legacy technology.
Cloud computing was identified by nearly 90 per cent of respondents as a planned investment area, with respondents preferring private cloud solutions over
The Abraaj Group has implemented RAVN Connect Enterprise, a cognitive search platform which is designed to transform the way users locate, leverage and collaborate on expertise across networks.
RAVN Connect Enterprise, built upon the AI platform RAVN Applied Cognitive Engine (RAVN ACE), takes enterprise search, knowledge management and unstructured data mining to new levels.
Abraaj deployed RAVN Connect Enterprise as part of a competitive tendering process to bring about long-term transformation of its approaches to knowledge management and firm-wide collaboration across 20 offices.
The new solution enables Abraaj’s employees to easily search and access both proprietary and commissioned
Irish independent investment management service provider Crossroads Capital Management (CCM) has licensed AlphaDesk, the cloud-based software provider to hedge funds and other investment managers.
In partnership with AlphaDesk, CCM enables both discretionary and non-discretionary investment managers to access a fully integrated portfolio management and order management system for trading, compliance monitoring and portfolio risk reporting.
With increased regulation in Europe, the market for investment management platform solutions has expanded rapidly in recent years, particularly with AIFMD.
Donnacha Loughrey (pictured), managing director for Crossroads Capital Management, says: "We are delighted to partner with a leading technology provider such as
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