Over the last month or so, we have been gauging our clients’ views on whether cryptocurrencies could become eligible holdings in their portfolios in the near to medium term. This follows recent news that BlackRock has added bitcoin futures as a potential investment for two of its US funds as well as BNY Mellon’s announcement…
Carne Group Appointed Authorised Investment Fund Manager LONDON, 15 February 2021: Carne Group, the leading digitally driven industry platform for the Global Asset Management industry, has been appointed Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) for Great Point Entertainment Income Trust PLC (GPEIT) ahead of its planned £200m flotation on the London Stock Exchange. GPEIT is a…
Recent conversations with our clients have provided a stark reminder of just how far markets have come since the COVID crisis began to have an impact. As markets sank to their lowest point last March, many of our clients’ attempts to make sense of that situation often involved referring back to previous market crashes such…
LONDON, 02 February 2021 – Coremont, a leading provider of portfolio management technology and outsourced services to investment managers, and Carne Group, the largest third-party fund management company in the world, are pleased to announce the launch of Coremont Investment Fund. Coremont Investment Fund is a UCITS-compliant SICAV, incorporated in Luxembourg, providing investment managers a…
Investment Limited Partnership As noted in December, Ireland’s long awaited new Investment Limited Partnership regime was reaching the final stages of legislative approval. In an early Christmas present for the Irish funds industry the new Investment Limited Partnership (Amendment) Act 2020, was signed into law by the President on 23rd December. It is now expected that…
On January 13th we announced that we had secured a €100 million growth investment from Vitruvian Partners. The investment will be used to expand our client led technology solutions and accelerate ongoing developments of our unique Command & Control platform, CORR. Below are five important facts about the investment. Who is Vitruvian? Vitruvian Partners…
In the December edition of Talking Points we asked recipients to take part in a survey to provide insights into how the way we work might change in the future. The findings suggest that the majority of respondents would be open to hot desking in the future, with most people saying that meetings would be…
Carne Group, the digitally driven platform for the asset management industry, today announces it has secured a €100 million investment from Vitruvian Partners. The investment will be used to expand Carne’s client led technology solutions and will see Vitruvian Partners take a minority stake in the business. The investment is subject to regulatory approval. Founded…
Fine Grain Property is an Irish long term, patient investor, focused on building workplace communities which allow employers to attract and retain employees in an environment of success. What will the workplace of the future look like? It’s the question that businesses worldwide have been pondering since Covid-19 brought remote working into the…
How Top-Down Governance Analysis Adds Value Top-Down VS. Bottom Up Overwhelmingly, investment professionals today utilize an investment process generally known as “bottom-up” investing. A typical bottom-up investor emphasizes equity selection and researches an assortment of companies, attempting to pick those with the greatest likelihood of outperforming the market based on individual merits. The investor mixes…