State Street
2022 preview: ESG
Keeping tabs on sustainability credentials at the portfolio and company level will become more data-driven and collaborative. Eventually, getting results will require greater sacrifices
Operational due diligence: Query parameters
Institutional investors are taking a closer look at the back-office operations of fund managers in what appears to be a new normal for GP-LP relations. Service providers are circling
Valuation standards: Counting their blessings
Asian GPs’ portfolio valuation practices remain largely opaque, despite the value of standard frameworks. LP demand will be key to moving the industry in a more transparent direction
State Street names new Asia alternatives head
State Street Corporation has appointed Bob Keogh as head of alternative investment solutions for Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, he will assume responsibility for servicing private equity, hedge fund and real estate managers.
Singapore vs. Hong Kong: Shifting sands
Fund administrators are seeing increased demand from GPs for back office services in Singapore. Hong Kong isn’t the definitive loser, but the territory’s lack of tax and regulatory certainty for PE is a factor
Fund admin: In house or out?
Asian private equity is becoming institutionalized, with increasingly sophisticated and international LPs asking GPs to bulk up their back office capabilities. Third-party administrators sense an opportunity
State Street opens Shanghai office
State Street has opened an office in Shanghai to provide fund administration, accounting and related services to private equity, real estate and hedge fund clients with business development initiatives in China.
AVCJ journalists win awards
Asian Venture Capital Journal was honored at the 2013 State Street Institutional Press Awards, Asia Pacific, winning two categories outright and receiving highly commended citations in two more.
AVCJ honored at State Street Asia Press Awards
Asian Venture Capital Journal was honored at the 2012 State Street Institutional Press Awards, Asia Pacific, winning two prizes for its reporting on the private equity industry.
State Street hires BoAML’s McNicholas as head of sales
State Street Corporation has appointed Dan McNicholas, formerly of Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML), as head of sales for its alternative investment division in Asia Pacific.