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ESG Analytics, a provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment support tools, has launched Aditus, an ESG investment analytics platform for the private equity industry.
The launch of this tool will help to facilitate the implementation, analysis and reporting of responsible investment (RI) practices throughout the private equity investment process.
ESG Analytics launched Aditus during the ESG Analysis and Integration into Private Equity: Challenges, Opportunities and Enhancing Value Creation panel at the 20th Annual Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference in New York.
Awareness around the importance of measuring and monitoring ESG factors is quickly gaining
Octopus Investments has launched Online Service Portal for VCTs, which will enable Octopus’ investors and advisers to check their VCT investments through a secure web portal for the first time.
The portal will also enable investors holding multiple investments with Octopus to monitor their Octopus portfolio of products through one single secure site.
The portal includes a number of pages designed specifically with the needs of the investor or adviser in mind. Investors can obtain a consolidated view of all their investments and their current valuation alongside a full transaction and dividend history, while advisers are now able
FNEX has launched FNEX.com, an online marketplace for alternative investments, including placements in private companies, hedge funds and managed futures accounts.
The web-based platform provides accredited investors, family offices and institutions access to investment opportunities offered by investment banks and funds across the US.
"FNEX is a centralised marketplace where investors and offering groups can connect and complete strategic transactions all on a single platform," says Todd Ryden, chief executive of FNEX. "Our unique and streamlined process caters to experienced, savvy investors who are looking for a simple sourcing platform that provides them with a reliable resource for
BNY Mellon has launched an enhanced distribution “waterfall” capability as part of its private equity fund services.
Distribution waterfalls in a private equity fund establish how proceeds from realised investments will be divided between investors and the fund manager. It is also through the distribution waterfall that fund managers and principals receive their performance and incentive fees, or “carried interest”.
Waterfall calculations, which are governed by the language found in limited partnership agreements, are one of the most complex aspects of servicing private equity funds. Today, most private equity firms and fund administrators rely on labour-intensive manual methods to
TopQ Software, a technology company founded by former private equity investors, has launched on topquartile.com.
TopQ is a tool for the secure exchange and analysis of track record data between private equity fund managers and institutional investors.
TopQ allows private equity fund managers to upload their fund performance data securely and quickly, and share their data with invited institutional investors. Using TopQ, investors can then analyse the data with accuracy and speed.
TopQ contains an array of proprietary technology, including an “intelligent import” capability, which means the platform can interpret track record data from a variety of
Convergence, a provider of data, tools and models to asset managers, investors and service providers, has launched a new website – www.convergencellc.us.
Convergence was formed to work with alternative and traditional asset managers to achieve optimal performance across their infrastructure platform.
The firm’s management team has significant experience implementing highly efficient infrastructure at a number of leading asset managers. Convergence uses proprietary benchmark data, combined with analytical tools and models to identify opportunities to reduce management company and fund expenses, and also has an advisory and solutions practice which can develop, implement and manage flexible service models including
Abax Corporate Services, a provider of corporate management and advisory services in Mauritius, has chosen eFront’s FrontInvest to support and enhance its private equity fund administration operations.
Mauritius offers a number of key market advantages, including tax and investment protection treaties, fair regulations, economic and political stability, as well as an environment promoting business expansion. These attributes have led to considerable growth in private equity fund administration services recently.
In order to accommodate this expansion and the constantly increasing expectations from private equity companies, Abax has selected FrontInvest.
“We wanted to provide our clients with the best
Options, the private financial cloud provider for the capital markets industry, has further expanded its connectivity to a number of key trading venues, in addition to adding a number of new data feeds to the Options PIPE Platform.
These latest additions to the IaaS provider’s offering come as a result of increased client demand.
This most recent deployment to the platform will see Options add HSBC and AllianceBernstein dark pools in Europe to its destinations, while the new market data feeds will include CBOE CSM, C2, CSM, BOX, CHX, and Nasdaq’s PHLX.
As a result of the
New listing rules for equities and investment funds have been issued by the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) as a further development of its upgrade to the Deutsche Boerse’s Xetra trading platform.
Existing rules have been refined based on market and regulatory developments and some new rules have been established to accommodate the nature of specialist companies, particularly mineral companies and shipping companies, as well as investment funds, including exchange traded funds and forestry funds which may be seeking sophisticated investors.
New rules have also been established to provide adequate transparency and disclosure for the inclusion of retail
iSIGHT Partners and Blackstone have teamed up to offer Blackstone portfolio companies iSIGHT Partners’ proprietary cyber threat intelligence.
Under the agreement, Blackstone portfolio companies will have discounted access to iSIGHT Partners’ intelligence. This intelligence will become the base of those participating companies’ cyber security strategies, enabling a much more efficient approach to prioritise security resources to counter relevant cyber threats.
More than a year ago, Blackstone recognised the potential severity of cyber security threats and began employing iSIGHT Partners’ intelligence to drive its cyber security strategy. Now Blackstone is providing its portfolio companies the opportunity to pursue the
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