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Cinctive was launched in September 2019 in a strategic relationship with the Employees Retirement System of Texas and PAAMCO Launchpad, a subsidiary of PAAMCO Prisma.

Other Voices: Five key points on capital raising for hedge funds Friday, May 14, 2021 By: Roy Engel, Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. The cornerstone of a successful hedge fund is a successful investment strategy. That is self-evident. However, if the managers of the potential hedge fund are not successful in raising capital, this potential will never be tested or realized. We list below the five key points we believe hedge fund managers should take into account when raising capital for their fund...

How LPs Screen Emerging Managers Related Stories March 23, 2021 March 23, 2021 Everyone needs to start at some point, but what do private equity firms look for when backing first-time funds? At the LP Appetite for Emerging Managers panel of  Mergers & Acquisitions’ The Best in M&A Speak virtual event, where we announced the winners of the  2021 Top 10 Middle-Market Deals of the Year, industry experts weighed in on how their firms like to work with emerging managers in the middle market. P...

JG When Julissa Gutierrez was appointed New York’s chief diversity officer last summer, she was tasked with registering more MWBEs and reaching the state’s ambitious 30% MWBE contract utilization goal – which New York nearly did, with the state announcing in December that 29.51% of its contracts had been awarded to firms owned by women or minorities in the 2019-2020 fiscal year. An expert on Latino issues and civic engagement, Gutierrez previously held key roles with the National Associat...

Greenberg Traurigs Marvin Rosen and Nikki Lewis Simon Speak at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Compass Virtual Summit Share Article Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholder Marvin S. Rosen and Shareholder and Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer Nikki Lewis Simon spoke at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Compass Virtual Summit on March 16th and 17th, respectively. The theme of this year’s event was, “Beyond Talk: Leadership, Action, and Impact – A Virtual Summit for Investors.” ...

Other Voices: Hedge fund launches in 2021: obstacles and opportunities Tuesday, February 23, 2021 By Aaron Steinberg, Head of Prime Services Sales and Relationship Management at BNY Mellon Pershing There were 42 launches in Q3 of 2020-the lowest of any fiscal quarter of the last five years-and of those launches, very few had a sizeable AuM. However, according to new research by HFM, almost three in five investors view hedge funds more favorably than before the pandemic-a higher figure than...

Marquette Chester Joins Xponance to Lead Alternatives Business Share Article Xponance, Inc., a multi-strategy investment firm, announced today that it will expand its business to include alternative capabilities for institutional and other qualified investors. The firm has hired industry veteran Marquette Chester as Senior Managing Director to lead this effort. The alternatives platform will draw upon parent company Xponance’s 25-year track record investing with Diverse, Emerging, and/or Wome...

Jada to invest in Merak Capital Jada Fund of Funds Wednesday made an official commitment to Merak Technology Ventures Fund, which focuses on early-stage technology companies in the Kingdom, and is managed by Merak Capital, a blind pool venture capital (VC). Merak Capital launched one of the first VC funds operating under the jurisdiction of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) in Saudi Arabia, focusing on the growth and scaling of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups operating in the f...

Jada makes commitment to Merak Capital to support early stage tech startups in Saudi Arabia January 13, 2021 Adel Al Ateeq, CEO of Jada, and Merak Capital CEO Abdullah Altamami, during the agreement that will focus on the growth and scaling of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups operating in the fields of the digital economy and infrastructure, financial technologies (FinTech) and emerging fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologie...

PEF Services Announces Accounting Portal for Clients Innovative, next-generation Accounting Portal provides new levels of transparency and self-service reporting with direct access to the official books and records of funds News provided by Share this article Share this article WEST ORANGE, N.J., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- PEF Services LLC ("PEF"), a leading fund administrator for alternative investment managers, today announced the availability of its purpose-built Accounting Portal with...