Ezine Feb 2017 Archives

Softbank To Acquire Fortress Investment Group For $3.3B

It was recently announced that Softbank would acquire Fortress – the large alternatives manager – for $3.3bn. The acquisition of the $70bn AUM behemoth is certainly interesting from a number of angles. Do the management of Softbank feel Fortress is simply an undervalued asset and with some patience it can extract a higher value, or […]

February 20, 2017, by administrator

UK Dual Funds Regime

A recent paper published by the New City Initiative (NCI) proposes that the UK government set up a dual funds regime to help asset managers deal with many of these worst case scenarios of Brexit. “A dual funds regime would allow UK managers with EU interests to continue to comply with EU laws and […]

February 20, 2017, by administrator

Credit Suisse and RiskSystem Join Forces

We are delighted to announce that Credit Suisse Asset Management in Zurich has chosen RiskSystem to provide daily risk reporting and investment restriction monitoring for the €500m Luxembourg domiciled Credit Suisse (LUX) Absolute Return Bond Fund. Max Gnesi, Director of Credit Suisse commented “Credit Suisse had a specific requirement for an independent third-party risk-management provider. […]

February 20, 2017, by administrator

From SMIC to ManCo

RiskSystem was asked contribute a whitepaper for publication in the NED magazine on the transition from SMIC to ManCo – please click on the link to read the article NED Jan17 Risksystem

February 16, 2017, by administrator

Risk / Data Analyst Positions

RiskSystem: We provide comprehensive and innovative financial risk management and data services to the global funds industry via a proprietary cloud based platform. The company was formed in 2013, currently has 7 employees, 5 full time, 2 part time and works with ~ 40 funds across Europe and North America. The company’s prime focus is […]

January 20, 2017, by administrator

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