Capital Support has been awarded with the Cyber Essentials Plus certificate, which is presented to organisations that have displayed a particularly high level of dedication towards maintaining a high standard of cybersecurity. The Cyber Essentials Plus certificate is a government-backed
Drawing on data compiled for the 2016 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, Preqin has created league tables of hedge funds that have most consistently delivered strong, stable performance. These league tables do not seek in any way to endorse these
Jersey Finance has appointed William McGilivray as Business Development Director for London. In his new role, McGilivray will be the main representative for Jersey Finance in London with responsibility for identifying opportunities and building relationships between Jersey and the City,
Following the successful launch of its low carbon equity index family, Solactive AG in collaboration with South Pole Group has launched the new Solactive SPG Euro IG Low Carbon Bond Index. The index will cover investment grade corporate bonds denominated
La Française Global Investment Solutions (La Française GIS) has launched of a new multi-strategy long/short credit UCITS fund, LFIS Vision UCITS – Credit. The fund goes beyond a traditional long-short approach, seeking to deliver “through-the-cycle” performance by investing opportunistically in
Pacific Fund Systems is a global leader in supporting investment fund accounting and administration through its integrated share registry/fund accounting platform, PFS-PAXUS. With fund administrators under increasing pressure from AIFMs to provide a broader suite of regulatory reporting services –
Lawson Conner operates a specialist fund manager platform providing FCA license coverage as well as compliance and regulatory oversight on behalf of alternative fund managers. Over the last few years, the firm has seen a dramatic shift to ManCo structures
One of the biggest decisions for fund managers under AIFMD is whether or not to appoint an external AIFM. But as management companies, many of whom have experience supporting traditional managers under the UCITS framework, continue to espouse the virtues
Under Article 21 of the AIFMD, any AIFM running an EU-based AIF is required to appoint a single full scope depositary to carry out four core duties: cash monitoring, safekeeping and verification of assets and general oversight of the AIF.
Heritage Depositary Company (UK) Limited (Heritage Depositary) operates what the FCA refers to as a `PE Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) depositary'. Whilst it is able to provide full depositary services to most AIF structures, Heritage's depositary services are focused on,
