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HFM: Former Invesco PMs ready $100m equity HF launch
Jeffrey Everett and Bert van der Walt to launch Tectonic Investors in Q1. The pair have been working on Tectonic Investors since earlier this year and are set to launch in January 2022…
Read MoreHedgeweek: Centaur appoints Head of Business Development
09/08/2021 – 4:19PM Independent fund administrator Centaur Fund Services has appointed Michael Marisca as Head of Business Development. Based in Centaur’s US headquarters in New York, Marisca will be responsible for overseeing and growing the company’s sales and revenue globally. Marisca has extensive business development experience in the funds industry and has held several senior…
Read MoreHFM WEEK: Man GLG alumni prep $100M 1/s equity launch
Calibrate Partners is using Centaur as fund administrator and Goldman Sachs as a prime broker. The fund will have a generalist focus and pick stocks based on bottom-up approach to stocks while considering macro drivers and policy thinking around the world.
Read MoreThe Drawdown: IQ-EQ’s Davies joins Centaur
Fund administrator Centaur Fund Services has appointed Gareth Davies to the newly-created head of client service, private equity, Europe role.
He joins from IQ-EQ where he spent the last couple of years as head of client relationship management EMEA. Prior to this, he spent 10 years at Augentius as head of UK client services. Before this, Davies worked as product controller at Lehman Brothers for a year…
Read MoreGlobal Custodian: Centaur appoints new European private equity head from IQ-EQ
Centaur Fund Services has named a new head of client service, private equity for Europe from administration rival IQ-EQ, as the company continues to expand its private equity offering.
Gareth Davies joins from IQ-EQ where he was head of client relationship management, EMEA…
Read MoreCentaur appoints Head of Client Service Private Equity
Based in Centaur’s London office, Davies will support Centaur’s private equity (PE) clients and define Centaur’s PE strategy and business development plans. This comes on the back of two senior hires in Centaur’s North American business in January.
Davies Brings over 20 years’ experience working in financial services, including 12 years working in Private Equity Fund administration fulfilling leadership roles. Most recently, he was Head of Client Relationship Management, EMEA at IQ-EQ…
Read MoreHedgeweek: Centaur Hedge Fund clients produce strong performance in 2020
The company says that increased market volatility caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, optimism over vaccines, US elections and huge government stimulus programmes created a set of opportunities for hedge funds to prove their worth, and on the whole, they responded well.
Almost 10 per cent of Centaur’s clients generated returns in excess of 50 per cent, with nearly 25 per cent of our clients posting gains of over 20 per cent. In addition, more than 35 per cent of our client portfolios grew between 10-20 per cent…
Read MoreAB Magazine – Karen Malone
Karen Malone, Founding Partner of Centaur Fund Services, is interviewed by Accounting and Business Magazine.
She discusses building a career in times of turbulence, the secrets of Centaur’s success and changing and adapting to market challenges. See full article here…
Read MorePrivate Equity Wire: Market forces support outsourcing trend in PE
As fund administration complexity and regulatory burdens grow, technology is playing an increasingly critical role in the fund administration process.
General partners (GPs) can reap the benefits of third-party systems without the cost and time associated with implementing and maintaining these systems in-house…
Read MoreHFM Week: Former Discovery pro preps healthcare HF
An ex-Discovery Capital Management senior healthcare analyst is prepping a hedge fund focused on US healthcare stocks. Curtis Hogue plans to launch Dune Lake Capital in the first quarter next year…
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