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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
Eze Software Group has rolled out a series of enhancements to its back-office operations workflows for private equity funds, simplifying a series of complex tasks to a single click.
Eze Investor Accounting (formerly known as Penny-It-Works) handles partnership and investor accounting for some of the largest hedge funds and their administrators.
It is now extending its reach into private equity by automating some PE-specific complex processes, such as waterfall schedules, with its v12.3 release.
“Institutional investors are demanding more concessions from private equity firms, thus making already complex waterfalls more elaborate. The new version of Eze Investor Accounting enhances
Watson Wheatley Financial Systems (WWFS) has implemented the iRecs reconciliation solution at online peer-to-peer SME business loan specialists ThinCats.
The new deal for WWFS marks the first time the iRecs platform has been used in a peer-to-peer lending environment.
Guy Whitaker, client money operations manager at ThinCats, says: “iRecs has become integral to our day-to-day operations and reporting of Client Money. As ThinCats continues to grow, the automation that iRecs provides ensures we have the capability to deal with significant increases in volumes, protect our clients’ money appropriately and meet our FCA CASS regulatory obligations.
“The WWFS support
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