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Apr 2021
Infra Impact selects Prescient Fund Services for Infrastructure fund administration
Active funds have been subjected to continuous waves of attack from passive alternatives, and the gist of the argument is that they are in some way inferior to their passive peers. The reasoning is mixed, but the argument’s primary drivers are historic under-performance over the past five years, lower fees and fund costs, and high tracking errors vs what investors are expecting – i.e., you invest in “SA equities”, but often get a completely different animal with an active approach, with returns drifting away from the market.
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Apr 2021
Laurium Capital launches Africa USD Bond Fund on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV UCITS platform
Laurium Capital (Pty) Ltd (Laurium) has launched its first Irish-domiciled UCITS fund, the Laurium Africa USD Bond Fund, on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform.
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Mar 2021
PPS Global Equity Fund outperforms benchmark and exceeds USD 250 million in its first year on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV UCITS platform
PPS Multi-Managers has announced the first full-year performance of the PPS Global Equity Fund since launching on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV UCITS fund platform.
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Mar 2021
Irish ManCo Substance - The clock is ticking but there is still time to act
PPS Multi-Managers has announced the first full-year performance of the PPS Global Equity Fund since launching on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV UCITS fund platform.
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Feb 2021
Peregrine Capital partners with Prescient Fund Services for its first Global Equity UCITS fund
The fund, which sits on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform and is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland, will initially be distributed to investors in South Africa, and subsequently to investors in other key European markets.
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Feb 2021
Moshesh Partners selects Prescient Fund Services for private equity fund administration
Moshesh Partners selects Prescient Fund Services for private equity fund administration. The fund’s strategy is to invest in renewable energy and clean infrastructure with the goal of securing South Africa’s long-term energy viability and empowering its people.
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Jan 2021
Prescient Fund Services hires Finian Power as assets under management exceed US$4 billion.
Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, has announced the appointment of Finian Power as Head of Investment Manager Oversight to the growing management company team in Dublin.
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Jan 2021
Equitile Investments launches global equity fund on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV UCITS platform
Equitile Investments Limited, a London headquartered investment management company, has launched its first Irish-domiciled UCITS fund, the Equitile Global Equity Fund, on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform.
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Dec 2020
Alternative solutions to the SMIC dilemma
Investment managers sit on the frontline during these crises, managing billions of rands through these precarious and unpredictable times.
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Dec 2020
Vuna partners selects Prescient Fund Services for private equity fund administration
Vuna Partners (Pty) Ltd (Vuna Partners), a mid-market private equity firm, has selected Prescient Fund Services (Pty) Ltd (Prescient) as the fund administrator to the Vuna Partners Fund. The fund’s strategy is to invest in quality medium-sized businesses across a range of sectors with high growth potential.
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Dec 2020
Reitway Global selects Prescient Fund Services for Malta fund range
Reitway Global (Pty) Ltd has selected Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited as the fund administrator to its Maltese fund range. Expanding Reitway Global’s presence internationally is Reiway’s priority and the new partnership with Prescient is another significant milestone in this process.
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Nov 2020
Prescient Fund Services positioned for growth in Ireland with new office move
Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited has announced its move today to their new offices in the heart of Dublin’s city centre.
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Nov 2020
Thuso Incubation Partners selects Prescient Fund Services for broad-based black economic empowerment service provider relationship
Thuso selects Prescient Fund Services as the Fund Administrator to its Fund of Private Equity Funds and associated incubation programme.
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Oct 2020
Prescient Fund Services’ AIFM Surpasses EUR 1 Billion AUM
Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, announced today that its Alternative Investment Fund Manager assets under management surpassed EUR 1billion in the third quarter of 2020.
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Jul 2020
Bacci Investment Solutions launches Global Equity UCITS fund on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform
BACCI Investment Solutions has launched its inaugural Irish UCITS fund, the BACCI Global Equity Fund, on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform.
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Jul 2020
Global equity markets - Wary of chasing bear market rallies
At the beginning of the year, when the S&P 500 Index was flirting with new all-time highs, the market didn’t exhibit all the classic signs of a bubble.
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Jul 2020
How to avoid the snakes and find the ladders
Process matters more than past performance, although past performance is often indicative of a solid process.
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Jul 2020
Prescient Securities expands stockbroking services into 81 countries
Prescient Securities (PSec) expands its global footprint into 81 countries, offering clients the ability to trade seamlessly and cost-effectively across Africa, Asia, Europe and the US.
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Jun 2020
Fairtree Asset Management launches Global Real Estate UCITS Fund on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV Platform
Fairtree Asset Management has launched its second Irish UCITS fund, the Fairtree Global Listed Real Estate Fund, on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform.
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May 2020
Reconciling the market rebound and underlying economic weakness
When considering the current equity index levels alongside emerging economic numbers, there appears to be a somewhat contradictory trend between the two.
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May 2020
SA faces a two-year journey to win back COVID-19 lost economic ground
Outlining three different potential scenarios and their implications for asset classes and asset class returns.
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May 2020
When the free lunch is not always free, at least in the short term.
In investment terms, we’re all too familiar with the relationship between returns and risk. Investors can’t earn returns above the risk-free rate if they’re not willing to take on some risk.
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Apr 2020
The view from China
We believe that investments should be based on research and facts, and that emotions are counterproductive to successful investment decisions. But in these extraordinary times, we are going to glean insight from a local team working in China, who have witnessed the progression of the COVID-19 virus there first-hand
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Apr 2020
South African bond market will overcome ratings downgrades
It is true that the domestic economy has experienced several body blows in the past few weeks but the impact of the ratings downgrades may not be as severe as expected
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Mar 2020
Reserve Bank could have been even bolder in addressing local liquidity constraints
We welcome the decision by the central bank but question whether this will be enough to ease the tight liquidity conditions that have contributed to unprecedented moves in short-term credit and bond yields.
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Mar 2020
COVID-19 What can we learn from the past?
The coronavirus outbreak has sent worldwide fear across financial markets amid concerns of a hit to the global economy
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Mar 2020
The Coronavirus and South African Bond Markets
A discussion: Two economic forces at play as a result of the Coronavirus
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Feb 2020
Finding Calm in the 2020 Global Investment Storm
Two critical components to delivering consistently strong investment returns.
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Feb 2020
The SA Budget Wishlist
Unpacking how the budget will be viewed by rating agencies and what it means for the investment landscape
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Dec 2019
Prescient Gloobal funds ICAV surpass US$1 Billion AUM
For equity markets, liquidity has beaten geopolitical uncertainty this year
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Nov 2019
Prescient Fund Platforms convert to ICAV
Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited announced today the conversion of two of its fund platforms from PLCs (“Public Limited Companies”) to ICAVs (“Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles”).
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Jul 2019
Omba Investments launches inaugural UCITS on Prescient Fund Platform.
Omba Advisory & Investments Ltd has selected Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited as the UCITS Management Company and Fund Administrator for its first Irish UCITS fund.
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Apr 2019
Getting the Infrastructure right for Global Distribution of Irish Funds.
Prescient selects Ireland to domicile their offshore fund range because of important factors such as a trusted legal system, a conducive time zone, English language and ease of doing business.
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Apr 2019
Global Fixed Interest Fund launched on Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) UCITS Platform.
Fairtree Asset Management (Pty) Ltd, has selected Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) as the UCITS Management Company and Fund Administrator for its first Irish UCITS fund.
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Mar 2019
Northern Trust is selected by Osmosis Investment Management to provide Asset Servicing Solutions for its MoRE World Sustainable Market Neutral Fund.
The MoRE World Sustainable Market Neutral Fund is supported by Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited on the Prescient ICAV platform and is geared towards supporting growing boutique to mid-sized asset managers.
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Jan 2019
Portfoliometrix Fund Launch
Portfoliometrix launches seven new funds on Prescient Fund Services Ireland UCITS Platform.
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Nov 2018
Benguela selects Prescient Fund Services for UCITS Manco and Fund Administration Services
Benguela Global Fund Managers has selected Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited as the UCITS Management Company and Fund Administrator for its latest fund.
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Oct 2018
Prescient Launches China Equity UCITS Fund
Prescient Investment Management announced the launch of the Prescient China Equity Fund.
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Sep 2018
Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) appoints Head of Legal And Compliance
Emily Davy has been appointed Head of Legal and Compliance at Prescient Fund Services (Ireland).
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Apr 2018
Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) becomes a patrol of basis.point
Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) announced that it has become a corporate patrol of basis.point, the Irish Fund Industry's charitable initiative, which helps to make a sustainable and tangible difference to the lives of those living in poverty, particularly young people, by supporting charities which focus on education.
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Feb 2018
Robert Childs Appointed Head of International at Prescient Fund Services (Ireland)
Robert Childs has joined Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) as head of its international business, based in London, from where he will spearhead growth in the group's global business, with a focus on its service hub in Ireland.
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Jun 2016
Prescient's Collective Investment Schemes Control Act platform to host an initial 16 underlying Hedge Fund portfolios
Prescient received approval from the Financial Services Board (FSB) to host qualified and retail hedge funds on its platform.
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Mar 2016
Top performing Prescient expects continued solid returns from volatile China
After a tumultuous 2015, market volatility in China is expected to persist, creating opportunities for solid returns in a market that is home to some 50 million retail investors.
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Dec 2015
Investors turning increasingly to alternative assets
Alternative assets including hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure funds and art provide major opportunities for investors to diversify away from traditional asset classes to benefit from reduced overall portfolio risk and wider opportunity set.
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Feb 2015
Hedge Fund Administration
Prescient Holdings is extending its administration offering into the hedge fund arena via its fund services business, Prescient Fund Services.
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