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According to Stephen Burke, Managing Director, EMEA, at Cordium, one of the world's leading regulatory compliance consultancies, regulation has changed the fund market. There is much more complexity and both investors and regulators are more exacting. This has led to Cordium focusing on its software proposition, which culminated in the launch of a product solution set earlier this year around how clients organise their compliance arrangements and engage with their compliance programmes.
"This software includes Cordium ELF, a personal compliance software management system, Cordium Pilot, a compliance workflow management tool, and Compliance Trak, which provides AML functions; in aggregate,
- 05/04/2016
For the sixth consecutive year, the Best Global Accounting Firm is Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP. With a staff of more than 350 and numerous specialised industry and service teams, Anchin is a full-service accounting, tax and advisory firm that provides investment companies, privately-held businesses, and HNW individuals with a wide range of traditional and non-traditional services. Jeffrey Rosenthal, CPA, is Partner- in-Charge of Anchin's Financial Services Group. 2015 was, he says, a `breakthrough year'.
"We saw a significant increase in the number of startup funds, and a growing trend in family offices establishing funds for investing purposes and having those
- 05/04/2016
Agecroft Partners was founded by Don Steinbrugge, who has 32 years of experience in the institutional investment management industry, including previously serving as the head of sales for one of the world's largest hedge funds and institutional investment management firms.
"Agecroft has changed the model of hedge fund third party marketing," says Steinbrugge (pictured). "Most third party marketing models are based on leveraging personal relationships and doing extensive entertaining. Ours has been to build a global brand with a reputation as an industry thought leader, strong institutional investment knowledge and representing very high quality manager.s”
Steinbrugge has been a prolific
- 05/04/2016
ACA Aponix provides financial services firms with a 360-degree, independent approach to technology risk and governance. Over the past 12 months, the firm has grown its client roster to 150 clients spanning the US and Europe, and is now signing contracts in Asia. To support this expansion, its client-facing team has grown by 300 per cent and added offices in London and the West Coast of America in addition to New York.
Cybersecurity has become one of the most important operational considerations for hedge fund managers today, particularly as regulators such as the Securities Exchange Commission in the US make it a
- 05/04/2016
With fund raising set to become even more challenging in 2016, hedge fund managers have their work cut out but as this industry has proven time and again, innovation and coming up with creative ways to attract investor dollars – as well as trade markets – is never far away. Hedge funds thrive on adversity, although one feels that with performance having lagged for a couple of years, 2016 could be a particularly important year.
Not that this was a concern for the fantastic selection of hedge funds at this year's Global Hedgeweek Awards event, with each of our winners having
- 05/04/2016
Capital Support is a leading managed IT services provider. Midway through 2015, it was acquired by Six Degrees Group. Being able to rely on a stronger balance sheet, coupled with the fact that Six Degrees Group owns data centres and network assets, has helped Capital Support win larger and more complex customers, according to COO, Carl Chapman.
"We've always been fortunate to have an enviable customer list, even if most prefer no publicity. The new names on this customer list are swelling the USD500 billion AUM our customers reported last year," says Chapman (pictured).
Capital Support is able to provide customers with
- 05/04/2016
Hamilton Lane’s New York Credit SBIC Fund has successfully completed its first investment. In partnership with company management, the fund is providing debt and equity to invest in LeverPoint Management a Clifton Park, NY based fund administration business that offers full service accounting, tax and back office support within the alternative investment sector.
LeverPoint is a small business with a significant presence in the state capital region and plans to further expand operations in the state.
"LeverPoint represents the first of what we expect to be many attractive investments that we plan on executing across New York State through the
- 05/04/2016
Following the appointment of Maria João Borges Carioca Rodrigues as the new Chief Executive Officer of Euronext Lisbon and member of the Managing Board, Euronext has appointed three new members of its Executive Committee.
Amaury Houdart joins Euronext as Chief Talent Officer. Houdart will lead both the Human Resources function and strategic initiatives related to talent development and organisational changes across Euronext. Previously Group Human Resources Director at Steria, a leading European IT services company, Houdart has developed extensive international experience managing teams in a multicultural environment. In his earlier roles, Amaury was Business Consulting Manager, M&A Director and then
- 05/04/2016
- 05/04/2016
EquiLend, a global platform for trading and post-trade services, has completed its integration to Eurex Clearing’s Lending CCP and successfully launched connectivity services as of 4 April 2016.
This allows EquiLend’s customers to connect directly to the Lending CCP for novation and downstream processing of securities lending transactions. They will also benefit from significant reductions in capital allocation costs.
Brian Lamb (pictured), CEO of EquiLend, says: “We are pleased that our participants from buy and sell-side will be utilising our connectivity to Eurex Clearing’s Lending CCP as an additional tool in their trading activity. Driven by the need for further
- 05/04/2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) sees no need to temporarily exclude exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs) from non-discriminatory access to central counterparties (CCPs) and trading venues, which will be introduced by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
MiFIR requires ESMA to assess whether ETDs should be exempted for a period of 30 months from the non-discriminatory access provisions.
ESMA’s analysis found that open access to ETDs does not create undue risks to the overall stability and orderly functioning of European financial markets. As potential risks relating to open access are already addressed by the
- 05/04/2016
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