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Deep dive on Alpha’s fund finance solution

Following the recent announcement of Alpha Group’s new fund finance solution, we sit down with Sam Marsh, MD institutional, and Adam Heaysman, who is heading up the new offering, to find out more

FFP launches fund admin business

Company’s new business line will service clients in the Cayman Islands

The challengers

Charting the rise of the new fund admin kids on the block, looking to break the mould

Jersey widens AML/CFT scope

Jersey private entities with a local administrator no longer exempt from regime

Apex acquires MJ Hudson businesses

Acquisition should see Apex expand its European ManCo and fund admin offerings while adding complementary services on ESG

Comment: Antitrust in me

Merger enforcers turn up the heat on private equity: what can you do to stay cool?

Crestbridge secures Luxembourg depositary licence

The licence will add to the firm’s Luxembourg fund administration licence

TMF Group acquires PartnersAdmin

Fund admin aims to expand presence in North America

Belasko appoints Jersey client services director

Scott Nelson joins from Fairway Group

CSSF updates SFDR FAQ

Luxembourg regulator adds three new questions to help clarify SFDR

Khepri launched via MBO of MJ Hudson UK unit

Will Roxburgh and Mike Booth have led the buyout of MJ Hudson’s UK regulatory and fund management business

Apex acquires Efficient Group

Apex aims to expand its footprint in South Africa

Belasko appoints client services director

Tom Lambrechts will lead the Guernsey funds team

Déja vu?

Collateralised fund obligations (CFOs) have been lauded as a vital route for insurance firms to play in the fund finance space - but their future, especially in Europe, is uncertain

Morgan Lewis opens second Germany office

The office will be launched by three partners – Florian Harder, Florian Ziegler and Jann Jetter

Altum appoints group chair

Baroness Helena Morrissey has campaigned for diversity and inclusion throughout her career

5 minutes with… José Zudaire, managing director of SpainCap

We spoke to the managing director of Spain’s PE and venture capital association SpainCap, to understand its key aims for 2023

Jersey launches LLC vehicle

Delaware-inspired product aims to attract US investors

Crestbridge appoints head of compliance for fund services

Luxembourg-based Teodora Croitoru joins after a year at Apex Group

UK - Same same but different

The UK's similarly named SDR is akin to the EU's SFDR, but it's best to contrast rather than compare

Germany - Wait and see

The regulator’s focus on Article 8 funds and failure to address real concerns leaves the industry frozen

France - Layers and labels

The regulator requires additional disclosures not required by other Member States

Ireland - Our survey says…

The regulator has taken a pragmatic, survey-informed approach

SFDRRRGGHHH!!!

European member states are interpreting and applying incoming esg disclosure rules differently, creating even more confusion and frustration for managers

Sun, sea and… startups!

The Spanish Startup Act aims to boost growth in the startup ecosystem with enticing tax relief for GPs

Standish launches depositary services in Luxembourg

Fund administrator aims to round out regulatory and administrative offering

Core opens for business

The company offers a range of fund administration services for GPs based in Guernsey

Apex acquires Luxembourg’s ALFI Partners

The acquisition aims to deliver a cross-border fund-distribution solution

Highvern Ireland to offer fund administration services

The Central Bank of Ireland has granted the firm regulatory approval for fund administration services

RedeWire portal to tackle restrictive marketing rules

Built against a backdrop of complex marketing regulations and tough fundraising conditions, Rede’s new LP portal gathers new fund offerings in one place

Capital raising punishment: Marketing madness

Compliance and legal obligations for raising a fund have been building steadily in recent years. But given the sudden tightening of the fundraising market, the myriad rules managers must navigate have made capital raising a punishingly cruel exercise.

Pinsent’s Bowen joins K&L to launch Dublin office

Gayle Bowen is joined by Shane Geraghty and Michelle Lloyd as founding partners

MJ Hudson appoints director in ESG and sustainability team

Mark Thompson joins MJ Hudson’s London office

Edinburgh reforms cement UK financial divergence

The Chancellor of the Exchequer revealed more than 30 regulatory reforms to the UK financial industry to drive competitiveness and growth

CSRD implementation removes GP hurdle

The CSRD has been officially adopted as EU legislation, removing a GP operational burden

Comment: Known or knowable? It depends

Nic Müller, CEO of Avega Capital Management, looks at a recent clarification to the IPEV guidelines, and hopes greater harmonisation is coming

Asante expands to Munich

George Lyons will serve as director of the Munich office

Oak Group makes two appointments

Oak has hired Belinda Ridout as director of client accounting and Hannah Crocker as company secretary

Fast Funds

Fund managers are increasingly turning to Jersey due to the speed, flexibility and efficiencies offered by its fund structures

Stepping up to the plate: The transformative role of the Irish ILP

Sam Metland, head of private equity product at Citco, says the Irish fund regime reform provides valuable optionality to managers across Europe

“QAHC, QAHC!”

The Qualifying Asset Holding Company regime is set to close the gap between the UK and other fund domiciles

CSC finalises Intertrust acquisition

CSC first bid for Intertrust in December 2021

Ireland makes tax changes

The Finance Bill 2022 introduces amendments around reporting, VAT treatment and enforcement for alternative asset managers

Preferred, professional, pragmatic

Pierre Weimerskirch, regional head, Luxembourg at Apex Group, discusses the emergent opportunities facing Europe’s largest centre for domiciled funds

MJ Hudson expands ESG & Sustainability business to Spain

The company has incorporated a Spanish ESG consulting firm in its development overseas

IDR launches MLRO offering

The money laundering reporting service covers several fund jurisdictions, including Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Guernsey, Jersey and the UK

Hot contest

The race to be private equity’s domicile of choice is speeding up, but which jurisdiction is really gaining ground?

ELTIF reform progresses

The European Council and the European Parliament have reached agreement on regulatory reforms to the unpopular fund structure

Profile: Kerrie Chung, Welkin Capital Management

The finance director discusses the firm’s setup when she joined, differences between fund administration for Cayman funds and local RMB funds, as well as Welkin’s tech stack

Apex acquires Prometa

Prometa provides fund services to clients in Canada, the US and Bermuda

IQ-EQ acquires JGM

US-based JGM provides middle and back office services to private equity and real estate firms

Broadridge’s PE platform open for US funds

Private Market Hub is powered by distributed ledger technology

Daring to be different

Having enjoyed several years of stellar growth, have Asian fund managers done enough to ensure their firms are operating in a robust enough manner to weather the gathering global macroeconomic storm?

Legal lowdown: Michael Halford, Goodwin

The partner, co-chair of global private investment funds discusses recent client challenges, thoughts on the FCA’s new AR rules and what he makes of PE’s reputation

JTC launches Irish fund administration services

The launch comes after the fund administrator received regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Ireland

Vauban creates Lux fund launchpad

The platform aims to help emerging managers to launch VC funds in Luxembourg

Setting the record straight

Eric de Montgolfier, CEO of Invest Europe goes beyond the fiction and details the facts about private equity and venture capital in Europe

Domicile watch: July 2022

Key takeaways from the major PE domiciles: including JFA’s new committee, GFSC’s updated blacklist and proposed fees increase as well as FCA’s leadership hires

NAV Fund Administration expands to Mauritius

The firm received a management licence from the Mauritius Financial Services Commission to operate as a managed corporate service provider

Petra opens London office

Former Riverstone European general counsel and head of ESG, Charlie Chipchase, will lead the fund administrator’s new branch