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Fund administration and middle office provider Apex Fund Services’ Luxembourg operation will be the first administration office in the group to use the Riva Transfer Agent (Riva TA) software solution.
The deployment of the Riva TA application at Apex Luxembourg will compliment Apex’s “Global Reach, Local Presence” service strategy by providing access to a rapid time-to-market administrative solution perfectly designed for the Luxembourg and European cross-border fund markets.
Apex says that both new and existing clients will benefit from the change.
“We are delighted to announce that Riva’s award winning Riva Transfer Agent application will be deployed at
Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to private equity firms in Europe, is providing administration services to OpCapita in the closing of its second fund, OpCapita Consumer Opportunities Fund II.
The fund closed at its hard cap of EUR350 million and attracted strong support from a global investor base.
Ipes will provide services to the fund from its London office.
Founded in 2006, OpCapita specialises in the retail, consumer and leisure industries. The firm invests in underperforming businesses that require expert help and support to make them stronger through better operational management.
Over the past 10 years,
Fund administration group Centaur is increasing its product offering and expanding its global footprint by opening an office in Bermuda.
It follows a recent move for Centaur’s European headquarters to larger offices in Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre to accommodate the tenfold increase in employees that Centaur has experienced over the past six years.
The firm now has offices in Dublin, New York, London, Bermuda, and Cayman.
Karen Malone (pictured), founding partner of Centaur, says: “This is an exciting time for Centaur, which has steadily expanded on the back of exceptional performance. Our latest service location in Bermuda
Citco has launched Citco Waterfall, a proprietary technology that enables private equity firms to calculate waterfall payments for limited and general partners on a standardised platform.
Citco says the technology is the first of its kind and is available exclusively to the firm’s clients.
Citco Waterfall is designed to fill what the firm describes as a major gap in private equity fund administration offerings. Replacing a process for determining waterfalls that is labour-intensive and inefficient, Citco’s technology automates and standardises the waterfall calculation process, while maintaining maximum flexibility to account for a wide range of fund partnership agreements, scenarios,
GamCrowd.com has launched a free-to-access, technology-focused online service, which is set to be the home of innovation and ideas for the gambling industry.
The hub will provide a single location where start-ups, growth companies, early-stage investors and entrepreneurs can access ideas and follow the progress of firms in the gambling industry as they grow from start-up through to a successful exit.
An industry-first, GamCrowd will fill a gap in sharing ideas and information by bringing together a community of companies and thought leaders. It will generate news, features and discussion about tech innovation and development within – and pertinent
McKay Brothers, a specialist in low latency networks, has secured an investment from trading firm IMC.
IMC will take a minority stake in McKay, providing capital for the improvement of McKay’s networks serving the latency sensitive trading community.
Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
Stéphane Tyč (pictured), McKay co-founder, says: “This agreement not only further strengthens our financial position, which will keep us ahead in terms of network speed and reach, and data coverage and quality, but, as importantly, maintains our autonomy. That’s great news for all of the trading firms that use our
The Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) has updated its listing rules to cater for a wider range of investment business.
Chapter 7 of the exchange’s listing rules has until now been dedicated to investment funds but going forward it will be titled “investment vehicles”.
This reflects an expansion of the rules to encompass all types of investment vehicles, including open and closed ended funds but also real estate investment trusts (REITs) and unregulated investment companies, along with the associated legal entities.
The other main change in the listing rules includes the adoption of a principles and guidance based
Lemanik Asset Management, an independent Luxembourg-based asset manager with USD20 billion of assets held in 230 sub-funds, has chosen Linedata’s compliance monitoring software – Linedata Compliance.
To comply with the UCITS and AIFM directives, which impose rigorous controls and strict transparency discipline, asset managers need a risk management system and investment restrictions set-up that can be adapted to changing regulatory requirements and that minimises operational risk.
In view of the strengthening of regulatory constraints and the growing number of funds under its responsibility, Lemanik Asset Management has decided to manage its report production by itself.
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Noerr has advised Isaria Wohnbau on its capital increase carried out in connection with its takeover by the US private equity investor Lone Star.
The cash raised amounted to around EUR53 million.
At the same time, Noerr assisted the Munich-based project development company in cancelling the admission of its shares to trading on the regulated market of Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
This was the first withdrawal from the stock market under the new rules on delisting which have been in force since the end of 2015.
A team led by Noerr partners Dr Laurenz Wieneke and Dr Stephan
Ipreo, a provider of market intelligence and workflow solutions to public issuers, sell-side firms and buy-side investors, is launching a new private company solutions (PCS) solution, Prism.
Ipreo says Prism will build on the firm’s existing expertise in capital raising and shareholder management to private companies, which face unprecedented challenges amidst the ever-increasing complexity of today's capital markets.
Ipreo says the Prism value proposition is squarely aligned to the pain points felt by thousands of private companies.
It is a holistic, cloud-based, CFO-desktop that equips private companies to manage regulatory requirements, securely communicate with shareholders, execute liquidity events
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