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InfoHedge, a financial services-focused private cloud & managed services provider based in New York City, is to become a separate division within managed services provider Thrive.
InfoHedge will focus on the alternative investment management and hedge fund community, with plans to expand its application hosting product set and geographic reach via Thrive’s next generation managed services platform and access to capital via M/C Partners, Thrive’s private equity financial sponsor.
Led by managing partners, Alexander Kouperman (pictured), Eugene Kushnirskiy, Felix Ilionskiy, Michael Curry and Lev Vinogradov, InfoHedge has been servicing nearly 400 hedge fund, REIT, asset management and family office customers for over a dozen
The funds sector has matured and developed into a more sophisticated market than it was 10 years ago. Technology advances and product innovation in new asset classes has deepened the funds industry, creating more complexity as a result. At the same time, over the last decade, demands on jurisdictions have risen in terms of the level of support that needs to be provided, in terms of substance and effective oversight. Guernsey has always been cognisant of this and has evolved in step with those changing times.
“One of the requirements has been to innovate and to develop new products in
By Paul Smith, Guernsey Investment Fund Association – In an era when uncertainty and the unexpected can be relied upon to spoil the best-laid plans, Guernsey is one jurisdiction able to provide a stable, secure base from which to operate, and has the infrastructure and resources to ensure the highest levels of service quality while also being able to provide businesses with true substance.
With 50 years’ experience behind us, Guernsey is still a popular destination for investment managers seeking a jurisdiction in which they can establish an office, and which is able to offer them the luxury of a dual
By Andrew Maiden, Intertrust – While well-established fund managers are continuing to grow with the launch of larger and larger funds, there has also been a steady flow of first-time, spin-off and emerging managers setting up their own firms.
This new wave of fund managers has been partly driven by investor demand for the niche, tactical, added-value investment opportunities that the larger funds may pass over or simply not be aware of. The opportunities and rewards for both approaches continue to fuel interest and demand, and there is therefore a need to make sure that emerging fund managers get it
By Martin Scott, International Administration Group (Guernsey) – Two years ago, almost to the day, Guernsey was set to receive the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) passport to allow marketing of Guernsey funds across Europe. Then Brexit and politics took over, and the likelihood of the European Union extending the AIFMD passport to third countries now appears remote until the UK and EU have reached a trade agreement with respect to financial services. It therefore appears probable that National Private Placement Regimes (NPPRs) will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
This has actually turned out to be a
By Dr Andy Sloan – Two years on from the UK’s Brexit referendum vote and with the recent publication of the UK’s White Paper, it is useful to take stock of the potential impact of Brexit on global financial services and Guernsey’s trading relationships.
Speaking in Guernsey, Shanker Singham, Director of the International Trade and Competition Unit at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), and the author of the report Improving Global Financial Services Regulation, published in May by the IEA, suggested there was a positive role for Guernsey to play in supporting London to successfully orientate itself towards growing
By Andrew Harding – Ahead of the World Cup The Economist ran an article entitled “What makes a country good at football?” The journal explored the various components of a successful national side, taking account of GDP, population size and the popularity of the game in each country.
Wealth, size and popularity of the game were all found to be correlated with success, but these elements made up less than half the story. Centralised schemes to promote the game were found to significantly improve performance, and were much easier to establish in smaller countries such as Uruguay and Iceland. To
By Fiona Le Poidevin, TISE – There were 705 new listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE) during 2017, which was an increase of 40 per cent on the previous year. In the first quarter of 2018, there was a 16.5 per cent rise year on year in new business, which took the total number of listed securities on the Exchange to 2,606 at the end of March 2018. These listings comprise a mix of equity and debt being issued by operating companies and nearly 400 securities issued by investment vehicles, including open and closed-ended funds and more than a
By Dominic Wheatley, Guernsey Finance – Guernsey’s funds sector has developed over the past 50 years, since the first funds were formed in the island in the 1960s, and is now recognised as a leading centre of excellence for a range of alternatives. This process has been accelerated in recent years as shrinking returns from traditional investment fund strategies are making the alternatives sector more attractive to investors. Guernsey has built up and is now recognised for its expertise in alternatives, particularly private equity but also in infrastructure, Real Estate Investment Trusts, and alternative finance.
Private equity
Some two-thirds of
By Amit Taylor (pictured) & Mel Torode, Estera – The argument for greater diversity on boards has grabbed many headlines in recent years, as companies and organisations across the globe increasingly realise the benefits offered in terms of fresh ideas and insight.
Much of the early focus was on the impact that women can have in the boardroom. Yet diversity is a very broad church – covering everything from gender, race, sexuality, and disability, to social demographics, different ways of thinking, age, professional expertise and much more.
It is now widely accepted – and numerous studies have demonstrated – that
