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The Need for Speed: How Rapid Prototyping can Kickstart Companies' Digital Transformation

By Curt Beck and Sandy McCarron How prototyping fintech products can develop business agility, change customer perceptio... Read more

Market News, 31 January 2023

Best in Class: Reflecting on Our Achievements

As we enter the new year, we’re reflecting on some of the major accomplishments Alter Domus was recognized for over the ... Read more

Market News, 26 January 2023

Presenting a fresh perspective on assessing credit losses of CLO portfolios

As structured finance market participants are aware, notes issued by collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) introduce va... Read more

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Market News, 06 January 2023

US private debt market’s remediation plans will aid the successful transition away from LIBOR

Time, as they say, moves on relentlessly, and for financial institutions the clock is well and truly ticking down on the... Read more

Market News, 10 November 2022

Risk-Managing Trade Settlement in the Alternative Debt Markets

The favorable risk-return characteristics of private debt are attributed to a variety of factors, including compen... Read more

Market News, 11 August 2022

Private Debt, Broadly Syndicated Loans and Investor Considerations

The leveraged corporate loan market has grown considerably over the past decade. Though a large portion of loan issuance... Read more

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Market News, 10 August 2022

APAC Investment Trends: The Hong Kong Advantage

For decades, Hong Kong has played an important role as a gateway to mainland China. Globally recognised as one of the wo... Read more

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Market News, 03 August 2022

The Digital Transformation of Alternatives Can't Wait

The growth of the alternatives market shows no sign of slowing, but alternatives investors need to invest in digital tra... Read more

Market News, 06 July 2022

Building Relationships Between Private Credit Managers and Investors

Featuring Paolo Malaguti As investors continue to actively seek better risk-reward opportunities across the private cred... Read more

Market News, 24 June 2022

Trade Settlement Teams: Imagine an Empowerment Tool for Decision Making

Featuring Juliana DeBlois from Alter Domus Ask anyone who works in the secondary trade settlement market how far th... Read more

Market News, 29 April 2022

Raising the Digital Quotient of Boardrooms: Strategy, Audit, Risk, and Compliance Trends

Featuring Ekta Singh-Bushell of Alter Domus Read more

Market News, 25 April 2022

Real Estate Debt Offers Secure Income Amid Rising Inflation and Interest Rates

Featuring Natalie Howard from Schroders Capital Read more

Market News, 22 April 2022

Cyber Risk: Why Investors Should Care About Cyber Security

A company’s cyber preparedness is a crucial consideration in any investor’s investment decision. It is a business risk t... Read more

Market News, 18 April 2022

Europe’s PE Investing: A Different World

Featuring Karolina Drozdowska from Innova Capital Read more

Market News, 15 April 2022

Going Green Starts with Data

Featuring Christopher Allen from Diligent. Adopting environmentally sound policies needs to be driven by information and... Read more

Market News, 11 April 2022

Subordinated Infrastructure Debt is a Rising Star

Featuring Hadley Peer Marshall from Brookfield It’s long been thought that infrastructure debt was best left to project ... Read more

Market News, 08 April 2022

Navigating the Continued Growth in Alternatives and Private Markets

Featuring Michael Muniz from Canoe Intelligence With the alternatives market poised for further growth, what are th... Read more

Market News, 04 April 2022

Can't Fight the Law of Accelerating Returns

Featuring Kim Perdikou from Alter Domus' Supervisory BoardKim Perdikou, member of Alter Domus’ Supervisory Board, doesn’... Read more

Market News, 31 March 2022

Closing the Gap Between Intent and Execution

Featuring Alex Bennett from NTT Ltd. In a post-pandemic world, leaders, managers and employees have very diffe... Read more

Market News, 28 March 2022

Building Brand Authenticity: Why it Matters

Featuring Briana van Strijp from Anthemis If you want your organisation’s brand to be authentic, you need to ensure your... Read more

Market News, 21 March 2022

Real Estate: Life after the Pandemic

The past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have been a watershed for the real estate industry. Face-to-face contact has... Read more

Market News, 18 March 2022

Harnessing Technology to Transform Client Relationships

Featuring Shannon Dolan from FISPrivate capital firms are increasingly asking how they can make it easier for their clie... Read more

Market News, 17 March 2022

Private Debt Growth Plugs into Investment in Operations

Featuring Scott Turely from Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.As the private debt market grows, so too does the need fo... Read more

Market News, 14 March 2022

Alter Domus lends support to those impacted by crisis in Ukraine

Alter Domus is providing an update on several initiatives it is undertaking to lend immediate support to those suffering... Read more

Market News, 14 March 2022

Real Estate: The Building Blocks of Tomorrow's World

Featuring Stéphanie Bensimon from Ardian Some 24 months after the initial disruption of the global pandemic, a new econo... Read more

Market News, 28 February 2022

The Data Journey: Five Steps to Turn Data into Information

Featuring Yuriy Shterk from Allvue Systems In order to transform data into actionable insights, GPs need sophisticated s... Read more

Market News, 21 February 2022

What are the Top 5 Automation Trends of 2022?

Featuring Gavin Mee from UiPath There’s no denying that the Covid-19 pandemic has irreversibly changed the way we work, ... Read more

Market News, 14 February 2022

Shifting Technology Trends in Private Markets

Featuring Tarek Chouman from eFront, part of Blackrock As allocations continue to shift towards private markets, investo... Read more

Market News, 07 February 2022

What Do Real Estate Investors Really Want?

Featuring Chris Barbier from Yardi Today’s investors not only want more information but easier access to it. That requir... Read more

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Market News, 11 January 2022

Reflecting on our Achievements in 2021

As we enter a new year, we would like to reflect on some of the major accomplishments Alter Domus was recognized for ove... Read more

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Market News, 23 December 2021

Navigating the Challenges of Digital Transformation with Success

Digital transformation holds vast potential to lift the performance of investment organizations to new levels. However, ... Read more

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Market News, 22 November 2021

Why Real Assets Are the New Black

In an era of low interest rates, asset owners are upping allocations in real assets, prizing their reliable income strea... Read more

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Market News, 18 November 2021

The Power of One: Individual Investors Emerge as a Force

While the ongoing rise of public markets gets the headlines, private capital returns have been outpacing more liquid str... Read more

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Market News, 12 November 2021

Green Loans, Green Bonds, and ESG Trends

When Anheuser Busch-InBev’s subsidiary Budweiser Brewing Company APAC signed its first sustainability-linked loan in Jul... Read more

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Market News, 08 November 2021

Private Credit Opportunities Abound in APAC

With renewed investor focus on the Asia Pacific region amidst the global Covid recovery, the APAC private credit market ... Read more

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Market News, 05 November 2021

Designing and Operating Open-Ended Real Estate Funds

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in open-ended funds, and an increased recognition of the challenges that... Read more

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Market News, 02 November 2021

Leveraging Disruptors in New Mobility

With advances in technology ushering in a new era of intelligent machines, many claim we are entering the fourth phase o... Read more

Market News, 29 October 2021

Financial Action Task Force Removes Mauritius from Grey List

In a plenary session held on October 21st, the global terror finance watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), confi... Read more

Market News, 24 August 2021

Virtual Reality: The Changing Nature of Board and Shareholder Meetings

Company directors have grown to recognise the benefits of virtual boardroom meetings, but they shouldn’t waste the oppor... Read more

Market News, 16 August 2021

Growing Investment Opportunities in ASEAN Infrastructure

As one of the world’s most rapidly developing markets, Southeast Asia holds a number of attractive opportunities for inv... Read more

Market News, 10 August 2021

The European Innovation Council: Supporting Europe's Ambitious Start-Ups

Europe is seeking to boost its global leadership credentials in the high-tech innovation sector with the launch of an am... Read more

Market News, 03 August 2021

Growth of Private Debt Market Reveals Cracks in Infrastructure

As private debt managers increase assets in favorable market conditions, many are beginning to struggle operationally as... Read more

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Market News, 03 June 2021

Cyprus: An Agile and Robust EU Fund Jurisdiction

Over the past few years, the Cyprus investment fund industry has been developing at an impressive pace. Taking notice of... Read more

Market News, 31 May 2021

Rising to the Occasion: The LP to GP Dynamic

There has been a notable change in the relationship dynamic between GPs and LPs within private credit over the last 12 m... Read more

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Market News, 25 May 2021

The Pros and Cons of Choosing a SPAC over an IPO

The exceptional environment for capital raising has led to a dramatic surge in the use of special purpose acquisition ve... Read more

Market News, 20 May 2021

Hong Kong Private Equity Tax Concession: Industry Impact and Business Opportunities

Investments in the private equity sector have shown strong increases in recent years, and Hong Kong – as the financial h... Read more

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Market News, 17 May 2021

GP-Led Secondaries: From Innovation to Institutionalisation

It is astonishing to think how far the GP-led secondary market has come in less than 10 years. Since the first transacti... Read more

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Market News, 12 May 2021

Growth Opportunities for Private Credit In Australia

Australia has recently experienced growth in its private credit sector – addressing demand and opportunities currently u... Read more

Market News, 03 May 2021

Discontinuation of LIBOR and Alter Domus’ Continued Response

As of March 5, 2021, US and UK regulators and LIBOR’s administrator made a series of announcements regarding the end of ... Read more

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Market News, 03 May 2021

Infrastructure and the Road to Sustainability

As the world begins to see light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel, demand for greener economies, smart renewable energy... Read more

Market News, 08 April 2021

Brexit, US Elections and COVID-19: The Road Ahead

The world has seen major changes in the past year that have affected markets and economies worldwide: • The pandemic and... Read more

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Market News, 26 March 2021

What to look for when selecting a service provider

In the ever-evolving alternative fund industry, selecting the right partner is essential to capturing opportunities. Reg... Read more

Market News, 15 February 2021

After Blacklist Challenges, the Cayman Islands Emerge Stronger Than Ever

Despite misrepresentations in movies showing businessmen traveling to the Cayman Islands with suitcases stuffed with cas... Read more

Market News, 10 February 2021

It's Time to Start Reporting TGER— Are You Ready?

Real estate investors are calling for greater transparency and visibility around the fees and costs associated with runn... Read more

Market News, 10 February 2021

Ireland: Launch Point for European Fundraising Success

US managers of private asset funds are attracted to Ireland as a fund domicile for its uniquely attractive combination o... Read more

Market News, 08 February 2021

Cool Heads Can Help Companies Ride the Restructuring Wave

State interventions helped many companies impacted by the coronavirus pandemic to defy gravity during 2020, and markets ... Read more

Market News, 01 February 2021

New Paradigms in Real Estate Asset Valuation

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact livelihoods and economies around the world, real estate investment managers... Read more

Market News, 25 January 2021

Rising Private Capital Allocations in Asia Pacific – A Sign of the Times

With some industry insiders predicting the Asia Pacific region’s private markets will grow from USD 1.62tn in 2019 to US... Read more

Market News, 22 January 2021

Q&A: Ireland’s Fund Industry Embraces Change

Pat Lardner, Chief Executive of Irish Funds, which represents the Funds and Asset Management Industry in Ireland, recent... Read more

Market News, 29 December 2020

Ireland's Investment Partnership Bill Obtains Parliamentary Approval

In a highly positive and exciting development for the asset management industry, on 16 December 2020, the Bill to amend ... Read more

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Market News, 17 December 2020

Exploring the New Normal in Real Estate Investment Management

The global impact of Covid-19 has been swift and severe, forcing change upon people, businesses and entire industries at... Read more

Market News, 03 December 2020

Automation: Spurring a New Era in the Alternative Fund Industry

Key considerations for COOs and CFOs in establishing automation programs. Read more

Market News, 24 November 2020

Scaling Enterprise Software Companies

Alter Domus is a proud sponsor of Privcap's Deep Dive Interview Series, a podcast series providing expert commentary on ... Read more

Market News, 02 November 2020

Aircraft Leasing in a New World

The aviation industry has been on the frontline of the impact of Covid-19 since the early days of March when the world s... Read more

Market News, 28 October 2020

Planning KKR's Next Stage of Growth

Alter Domus is a proud sponsor of Privcap's Deep Dive Interview Series, a podcast series providing expert commentary on ... Read more

Market News, 22 October 2020

Covid-19 Signals a New Era for Fund Operations

At a webinar held in September to launch Preqin’s 2020 Alternative Assets in Europe report, Sandra Legrand, Alter Domus’... Read more

Market News, 12 October 2020

The Pandemic Has Turbocharged Automation Adoption in Finance

The financial sector has responded to the Covid-19 outbreak with speed, decisiveness, and a willingness to embrace new t... Read more

Market News, 05 October 2020

Taking a Closer Look at Fund Structures in Japan

Japan is an established and vibrant market for international fund managers across a wide range of asset classes. For man... Read more

Market News, 28 September 2020

Covid-19: A Game Changer for Real Estate Operating Models

As one of the most complex asset classes to manage, real estate fund managers have been debating how to simplify operati... Read more

Market News, 21 September 2020

Digitising the Investor Experience

Record-breaking fundraising numbers in 2019 highlighted investors’ increasing appetite for alternative investments. But ... Read more

Market News, 17 September 2020

Europe’s Mid-Market Lenders Take a Flexible Approach

Lenders and borrowers have collaborated to amend many loan agreements, avoiding defaults for now. Juliana Ritchie, Direc... Read more

Market News, 21 August 2020

How to Future-Proof Your CLO Strategy

After several years of robust growth, the market for Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) has not escaped the challeng... Read more

Market News, 19 August 2020

Are You on the Right Side of Cayman’s New Private Funds Law?

Long a favoured fund domicile due to its favourable tax environment, as well as relative ease and lower cost of set-up –... Read more

Market News, 22 July 2020

Full Circle: How the New Volcker Ruling Will Affect CLOs

The Volcker Rule, which went into effect on April 1, 2014, limited the way banking entities were permitted to have an “o... Read more

Market News, 20 July 2020

How Cyprus Fund Managers Benefit from Outsourcing

Fund managers in Cyprus can take advantage of the many benefits that outsourcing back and middle office administration f... Read more

Market News, 13 July 2020

Syndicated Lenders, Attorneys, Financial Advisors and Borrowers: What You Need to Know About Successor Agents

As their name suggests, administrative agents handle a variety of routine functions related to the administration of a s... Read more

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Market News, 30 June 2020

Stronger Together

There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has changed the lives of nearly everyone on earth. For some, that’s meant practicing new ... Read more

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Market News, 22 June 2020

A New Take on Direct Investments for Insurance Companies

Insurers have traditionally invested in equities, bonds, real estate debt and other fixed income assets for their own po... Read more

Market News, 16 June 2020

Virtual Roundtable on Real Estate Reporting Trends

What trends are investor relations professionals experiencing in real estate fund reporting? How are real estate investo... Read more

Market News, 26 May 2020

Robotics in Finance: A New Frontier

Automating high-volume, repetitive tasks has become more achievable than ever, freeing finance departments to boost prod... Read more

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Market News, 13 May 2020

Adapting to the Security Risks Posed by Remote Working

With a large portion of the world now working remotely, security risks are on the rise, particularly for those working i... Read more

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Market News, 11 May 2020

Expertise in Consolidation: The Key to Maintaining a Global Overview

In today’s increasingly competitive global markets, and at a time where businesses are confronted with an ever expanding... Read more

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Market News, 30 April 2020

Five Questions CFOs Should Ask Themselves After the COVID-19 Year-End

Every year, CFOs reflecting on year-end reporting think of things that could be done better. Inevitably practical issues... Read more

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Market News, 28 April 2020

Business as Usual: Outsourced Service Providers Prove Their Worth

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact all corners of the globe, orders to ‘stay at home’ are commonplace world... Read more

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Market News, 23 April 2020

Investors Set Their Sights on ABL: What You Need to Know

Asset-based lending (ABL) has become increasingly attractive to fund managers looking to make investments in new areas o... Read more

Market News, 22 April 2020

COVID-19 Impact Webinar: Key Takeaways & Call for Questions

Earlier this month, Benay Kirk, Managing Director at Alter Domus and Co-Chair of the NCREIF Accounting Committee, took p... Read more

Market News, 15 April 2020

How Tax Integrity Laws and Trends Affect Corporate Service Providers

If you do business in the Netherlands, you’ve likely heard the term “tax integrity” in multiple conversations. Read more

Market News, 09 April 2020

Distressed Loans Accelerate, Requiring An Equally Rapid Response

To say the COVID-19 global health crisis has upended financial markets would be an understatement. In terms of distresse... Read more

Market News, 30 March 2020

Investor Expectations Rise While the World Locks Down

Despite the disruption brought on by the COVID-19 crisis, investor expectations remain high. Private equity managers are... Read more

Market News, 09 March 2020

Gender equality is not the issue, but the answer

At Alter Domus, we’re committed to creating a balanced, equal and diverse workforce. We believe in highlighting the soci... Read more

Market News, 19 February 2020

As Japan’s Business Owners Move On, Could Private Equity Move In?

With Japan’s previous generation of entrepreneurs and business founders reaching retirement age, the country’s commercia... Read more

Market News, 13 February 2020

Luxembourg’s New Standard Chart of Accounts Has Lift-Off

On 23 September 2019, the Grand-Ducal Decree of 12 September 2019, which determines the new Luxembourg Standard Chart of... Read more

Market News, 04 February 2020

MFSA's Clear Supervisory Expectations for Licensed Entities

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has released a document outlining its expectations on supervision for fina... Read more

Market News, 04 February 2020

Malta’s Economic Outlook 2020/2021: The European Commission

The European Commission (EC) has predicted robust economic growth for Malta in 2020 and 2021, although the pace of expan... Read more

Market News, 13 November 2019

Developments in Economic Crime Legislation

On November 5, Alter Domus’ Janice Drum, Head of Compliance EMEA, spoke at the 15th Annual Compliance & Economic Crime S... Read more

Market News, 07 November 2019

Malta’s Consolidated Group (Income Tax) Rules

Earlier this year, Malta introduced fiscal unity rules that enable related Maltese and foreign companies to form part of... Read more

Market News, 06 November 2019

Global Fund Platforms and Raising Capital in Europe in an AIFMD World

Maximilien Dambax, Head of Fund Services North America at Alter Domus, and Antonis Anastasiou, Managing Director of Alte... Read more

Market News, 06 November 2019

Private Equity Executives Under Pressure

Greater demands for transparency are placing huge pressure on private equity executives, says Ross McCann of Alter Domus... Read more

Market News, 24 September 2019

Impact of the Cayman Islands Economic Substance Law

The Cayman Islands have been a popular jurisdiction for decades. However, the introduction of the International Tax Co-o... Read more

Market News, 05 September 2019

Facing up to the Demands of Multi-Jurisdictional Private Debt Funds

Investors in private debt funds are enjoying continued strong returns, so much so that at the end of 2018, 91 percent sa... Read more

Market News, 13 August 2019

The Pressing Need for Meaningful Solutions in the UHNW Investor Space

For as long as ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) investors have existed, they have struggled to find comprehensive solutions t... Read more

Market News, 08 August 2019

Singapore’s Growing Alternatives Market

Although Singapore has always been well regarded as a regional financial hub, the local government has taken on a number... Read more

Market News, 03 July 2019

Could Outsourcing the Middle Office Provide a Competitive Advantage?

Compete harder, grow faster. These are just two of the benefits investment firms gain from outsourcing their middle-offi... Read more

Market News, 20 May 2019

Opening Up to Open-Ended Funds

Many asset managers have made the shift from traditionally closed-ended strategies to establishing open-ended funds. Alt... Read more

Market News, 17 May 2019

How Fine is the Line between Cost and Quality?

With a possible economic downturn looming, credit fund managers are challenged to find the balance between cost and qual... Read more

Market News, 25 March 2019

Middle Office Services: An Added-Value Approach to Outsourcing

As Maltese regulated companies turn to third-parties for back- and middle-office support such as risk management and com... Read more

Market News, 18 March 2019

Navigating Asia’s Growing Private Credit Markets

The private credit market has recently captured the attention of the financial sector, with the number of institutions i... Read more

Market News, 14 March 2019

Private Client and High-Net-Worth Individuals’ Malta Solution

The rapidly evolving regulatory environment in the private wealth sphere has created a shift in the way that high-net-wo... Read more

Market News, 22 February 2019

An Out-of-the-Box Solution for First-Time Credit Fund Managers

Since the Global Financial Crisis and resulting changes in financial regulations have forced banks to curtail lending, p... Read more

Market News, 20 February 2019

Exceeding Investor Expectations with Independent Outsourcing

According to PDI, 98% of institutional investors in the US have conducted greater due diligence over the last three year... Read more

Market News, 01 February 2019

The Impact of Rising Interest Rates on Borrower Cash Flow

Credit conditions in the US for both commercial and industrial firms have remained accommodative, with the banking commu... Read more

Market News, 11 January 2019

Investor Requirement Trends for Private Real Estate Funds

With an increasing need to maintain a competitive edge, private real estate fund managers are wise to take note of the e... Read more

Market News, 10 January 2019

Malta’s Growing Appeal to Foreign Investors

Foreign investment in Malta is on the rise, with many foreign investors finding Malta the ideal jurisdiction for domicil... Read more

Market News, 11 December 2018

China: An Evolving and Maturing Fund Market

Until 2007, Renminbi-denominated funds accounted for only 12 percent of the funds in the Chinese market. USD-denominated... Read more

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