Bain & Co., by Vishy Padmanabhan, Prasad Sankaran, Adi Prakash, and Rajneesh Sethi – Two decades into the migration to the cloud model, most companies have already shifted some of their workloads and committed to shifting more to the cloud. But surprisingly few have been able to capture as much value as they could if they pursued the cloud model more aggressively. Read more…
Murano – During the 1970’s, the average consumer saw between 500-1700 ads a day. By 2007, this had risen to over 5,000 ads per day. Today, the average consumer is subject to anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 ads every day. We now also combine this with LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, Bloomberg, email, etc. We have become professionals at sorting with very short attention spans and can feel so disconnected from any real issue since if we don’t like what we see or hear, we tend to ignore it. Read more…
UMB Fund Services: The private debt market has come into its own over the past decade. Once a small and obscure asset class, the market’s meteoric rise has benefited from a low interest rate environment, institutional capital backing and heightened EBITDA valuations across multiple sectors. Read more…
UMB Fund Services: Recent technology advances mean today’s alternative investment managers have access to a range of technologies that can significantly streamline alternative investment fund reporting and recordkeeping. While changing fund accounting and investor reporting platforms isn’t quick and easy, the right system can save you time, reduce your risk and help you grow assets faster. Read more…
Hedge Fund Association Announces Results of 2021 Global Board of Directors Election
The Hedge Fund Association (“HFA”), a leading international nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organization, is proud to announce the addition of SS&C Intralinks as a global Thought Leadership Council sponsor. This annual sponsorship level strengthens HFA’s programs to unite the alternative investment industry and accelerate development for its members worldwide. Read the full announcement here.
By Matthew Markham, COO, aXpire LLC – March 30, 2020 – AlphaWeek: Full article here.
HFA members re-elected Camille Clemons, Jennifer Keeney and Emily Slocum, and elected Jill Calton, Lauri Goodwyn, James Koutoulas, Alexander Reyes and Joshua Stone. All HFA Directors are volunteers serving for up to 2 consecutive 3-year terms. Full announcement posted here.
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