qashqade AG is a FinTech start-up focused on providing a SaaS software solution for all players in the Alternative Asset industry including its investors (LPs). qashqade provides a latest-technology tool with the flexibility to define, simulate and calculate the most complex carry calculation therefore replacing Excel throughout the process. This enables the user to increase the efficiency and stability of the calculations and still having a simple user-friendly, easy-to-use interface. qashqade brings the GP and the LP closer to each other and allows them to invest their time more efficiently.

EWM Global is the FinTech you need to know. For 20 years, we’ve been leading the innovation and digital transformation of incentive and performance compensation for private capital firms, asset managers, banks and insurers across the world.   We empower our clients – which include some of the largest global financial services firms – to recruit, motivate, reward and retain their most valuable employees by providing them an unparalleled level of access, connection and transparency to their incentives and rewards.   At the same time, EWM Global’s technology and account management teams mitigate the numerous risks associated with the all-too-common one-or-two person, spreadsheet-based approach to managing these highly sensitive and critical plans, and offer our clients meaningful and auditable representations of their own data.   All of this is achieved inside a highly secure yet intuitive environment that is available 24/7 to participants and administrators, and that is constantly evolving to stay ahead of the unique needs of our global clientele.  

MillTechFX is an FX-as-a-Service (FXaaS) pioneer that enables corporates and fund managers to access multi-bank FX rates via an independent marketplace.

Its end-to-end solution automates the FX workflow and ensures transparent best execution on each and every transaction – saving clients time and costs. It offers a fixed fee service model, including third-party transaction cost analysis to ensure total transparency.<br><br>

MillTechFX harnesses the purchasing power of Millennium Global, one of the world’s largest currency managers with c. $17.3bn AuM, which transacts over $760bn in annual FX volume*. Via the MillTechFX marketplace, clients can directly access preferential FX rates and credit terms from up to 15 Tier 1 counterparty banks.

MillTechFX has raised $30m from investors since launching in 2019, and clients executed approximately $50bn in FX volume in 2021 on its easy-to-use platform.

Headquartered in London, the world’s largest FX hub, MillTechFX is authorised and regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), registered with the USA’s National Futures Association (NFA) and Canada’s Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC). Our European subsidiary, MillTechFX (Europe) SAS is authorised as an Investment Firm by The Prudential and Resolution Control Authority (ACPR in France) and authorised and regulated by The Financial Markets Authority (AMF).

Allvue is a leading provider of technology for investment managers in the private capital and credit markets industry. Its mission is to empower superior investment decisions by pairing modern cloud-based software solutions with capabilities across multiple asset classes. Allvue’s software solutions serve the entire investment lifecycle and are seamlessly integrated to provide a comprehensive product suite, serving investment managers of all sizes worldwide. With a commitment to innovation and a focus on multiple asset classes, Allvue’s software solutions allow its clients to operate and grow their businesses more effectively by automating manual processes, improving data accuracy and consistency across workflows, and delivering enhanced analytics.

Equipped is a leading international technology-based software and analytics solutions provider for alternative asset managers.

The company’s flagship solution Minerva is used by several of the world’s leading private equity, private credit and real estate investment firms to monitor and track their portfolio and investment metrics; manage deal flows and M&A pipelines; draw granular credit insights and manage fundraising and investor relations. Minerva currently hosts over 75,000 individual assets with a combined worth of over £50 billion and services clients in more than 30 countries around the world.

The company’s clients include Amitra Capital, Veld Capital, Quilam Capital, RCapital, Blazehill, JobandTalent, Novia and AnaCap.

Arcesium delivers an advanced data, operations, and analytics platform used by some of the world's most sophisticated financial institutions, including hedge funds, banks, institutional asset managers, and private equity firms. We designed our elegant SaaS platform with industry-specific capabilities to harmonize massive amounts of disparate data and deliver unparalleled speed, accuracy, and decision-making capabilities. Our exceptionally consultative and collaborative approach coupled with deep domain expertise helps our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.

Arcesium launched with the mission to power the entire investment lifecycle. Building on a platform developed and tested by the D. E. Shaw group, we received additional equity backing from a second seed client, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management. J.P. Morgan, an early adopter of our technologies, later made a strategic investment in the company. Today, Arcesium services over $675 billion in global client AUM with a staff of over 1,950 software engineering, accounting, operations, and treasury professionals.

Today’s private market investment firms face increasing pressure to their operations to meet the demands of investors and control costs. Focus on your investment opportunities, not on your complex workflows and operations. With SS&C you can leverage sophisticated, scalable and flexible solutions and services to help you maintain relevance and remain competitive when investing in private equity, real assets, credit and distribution.

Ocorian is a global leader in corporate and fiduciary services, fund administration and capital markets. With offices worldwide and customised, scalable solutions, our global network is designed to deliver exactly what our clients need, exactly how and where they need it We are where our clients need us to be. Our global network is designed to put us exactly where our clients need us to maximise the potential of their business and/or investments. This international reach, supported by a broad range of specialised services, allows us to meet the individual needs of all types and size of client, on a local, regional and international level. And we work the way they want to work. Our approach is personal, professional and flexible. We take the time to understand our clients’ ambitions and collaboratively deliver a high-end customised and scalable solution that suits them, whatever the stage of their company or investment life cycle.  

CSC is a provider of specialized administration services. We support alternative asset managers across a range of fund strategies, capital markets participants in both public and private markets, and corporations requiring fiduciary and governance support. We are the unwavering partner for 90% of the Fortune 500®, nearly 10,000 law firms, and more than 3,000 financial institutions. CSC's professionals are located in key financial centers across the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

Kroll provides proprietary data, technology and insights to help our clients stay ahead of complex demands related to risk, governance and growth. Our solutions deliver a powerful competitive advantage, enabling faster, smarter and more sustainable decisions. With 5,000 experts around the world, we create value and impact for our clients and communities. Our expertise spans our clients’ full business life cycle, providing a unique and powerful perspective forged by the diversity of our skill sets and backgrounds, coupled with the geographic reach and experience that comes from being a market leader. Wherever you are, we can help along the way.

We are Altum, a leading international provider of Fund, Corporate, and Family Office solutions. Established in 2000, Altum Group (formerly LGL Group) has more than $27bn AUM, with over 130 dedicated employees across three jurisdictions. Our approach brings together exceptionally talented teams, proven processes, and leading technology to ensure optimal efficiency, responsiveness, and value in every client engagement across multiple jurisdictions. We work with people that inspire us, clients that trust us, and partners who believe in us. Together we are Altum

EWM Global is the FinTech you need to know. For 20 years, we’ve been leading the innovation and digital transformation of incentive and performance compensation for private capital firms, asset managers, banks and insurers across the world.   We empower our clients – which include some of the largest global financial services firms – to recruit, motivate, reward and retain their most valuable employees by providing them an unparalleled level of access, connection and transparency to their incentives and rewards.   At the same time, EWM Global’s technology and account management teams mitigate the numerous risks associated with the all-too-common one-or-two person, spreadsheet-based approach to managing these highly sensitive and critical plans, and offer our clients meaningful and auditable representations of their own data.   All of this is achieved inside a highly secure yet intuitive environment that is available 24/7 to participants and administrators, and that is constantly evolving to stay ahead of the unique needs of our global clientele.  

Macquarie Credit Markets provides creative solutions to institutional investors looking to settle specific credit assets into private debt funds with defined timing constraints, addressing liquidity needs and certainty of closing.  Use cases include: extending existing capital call/leverage facility capacity, smoothing capital calls, bridge for co-investment/syndication to LP co-invests, affiliates or third parties, fund financing optimization, hedging FX exposures on foreign investments and facilitating allocations of deals to new funds (pre-close). Macquarie is a global financial services group operating in 32 markets in asset management, retail and business banking, wealth management, leasing and asset financing, market access, commodity trading, renewables development, specialist advisory, capital raising and principal investment. The diversity of our operations, combined with a strong capital position and robust risk management framework, has contributed to our 52-year record of unbroken profitability.

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is the global representative of the alternative investment industry, with around 2,100 corporate members in over 60 countries. AIMA’s fund manager members collectively manage more than US$2.5 trillion in hedge fund and private credit assets.

AIMA draws upon the expertise and diversity of its membership to provide leadership in industry initiatives such as advocacy, policy and regulatory engagement, educational programmes and sound practice guides. AIMA works to raise media and public awareness of the value of the industry.

AIMA set up the Alternative Credit Council (ACC) to help firms focused in the private credit and direct lending space. The ACC currently represents over 250 members that manage US$800 billion of private credit assets globally.

AIMA is committed to developing skills and education standards and is a co-founder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation (CAIA) – the first and only specialised educational standard for alternative investment specialists. AIMA is governed by its Council (Board of Directors).Set featured image