fundraising

Swarm Fund is targeting investment in five alternative asset classes over the next six months.

Emerging markets, differentiated products and diversified strategies will be firmly on LPs’ radars next year, say Eaton Partners’ Jeff Eaton and Jeff Davis.

Jersey will be ready for all fund manager types following implementation of the AIFM directive, writes Nigel Strachan.

The asset management arm of the Swiss financial services giant has tapped its chief operating officer to oversee its global real estate business, taking over from departing head, Paul Marcuse.

GPs hoping for success on the fundraising trail may want to consider creating a virtual data room for LPs to conveniently access marketing materials and a few other key investor relations strategies.

Perception and reality don’t always meet when it comes to offshore financial centres – a point GPs should make during fundraising.

Not every ILPA principle is finding acceptance with GPs.

Increasingly, regulators have been working to make the industry ever more transparent as a way to protect LPs, but Andrew McCune asks just how much protection they really need.

With a growing number of GPs quickly approaching the end of their 10-year contractual periods, its vital to consider some best practices in preparing a company for sale, explain A&M trio Mike Tamulis (pic), Markus Lahrkamp and Ryan Farrell.

MiFID may not be top priority in the minds of compliance officers, but ignoring its presence would be a mistake, explains Imogen Garner of Norton Rose