On Wednesday, May 1^st, the alternative investment business made a great leap forward in its evolution with the launch of a new global industry body, the AltExchange Alliance, which will offer the industry’s first comprehensive standard for data formats.…

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I’m happy to announce that eFront recently released new versions of its software products, including a major release of its flagship product for managing investors, funds and portfolios of private equity, real estate and other investment types: FrontInvest. Together, the products provide more end-to-end capabilities, saving investors, managers and service providers time while increasing their productivity.…

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Our primary goal at SAVCA is to promote the venture capital and private equity asset class in South Africa. To that end, we hosted our annual Private Equity conference in February, together with FT Live and the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), at the Hilton Sandton in Johannesburg.…

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Originally posted Wednesday, December 5, 2012 on www.aztecgroup.co.uk

The headline regulatory issue for the year has to be the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and the inexorable yet painfully slow process of transposition throughout the EU.  We continue to share the view that the Directive is unnecessary and will be bad for the private equity industry in general, but despite these concerns a wider discussion of the scope of the Directive as it relates to private equity is yet to materialise in the UK.…

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