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ALTALLO Weekly Digest - 17 April 2026

194 articles · Week of 17 April 2026

Alternative Data

Oxford Data Plan: New product launch — Tapestry. Net Sales, Orders & AOV across Tapestry, Coach and Kate Spade. Track brand-level divergence and monitor AOV trends in near real-time.

Tags: Alternative Data, Consumer, Tapestry, Coach, Kate Spade, Product Launch

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Technology

Dashro Solutions: When the market shifts unexpectedly, how long does it take your firm to rebalance every client portfolio? A modern OMS should automate multi-portfolio rebalancing — generating orders across every linked portfolio simultaneously for fair, instant execution.

Tags: OMS, Portfolio Management, Rebalancing, Asset Managers

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GovernGPT: Two funds go to fundraise. Fund A spends 12 hours to complete each DDQ. Fund B takes 12 clicks. The difference? Fund B adopted GovernGPT.

Executive: Mamal Amini

Tags: DDQ, Fundraising, AI, Investor Relations

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Omega Systems: Windows Server 2016 reaches end of extended support on January 12, 2027. Infrastructure planning cycles move quickly, especially for regulated organizations

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Risk Management

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Lanware: Office relocations aren't just about furniture, they're about technology too. IT infrastructure, data cabling, Wi-Fi, and AV systems all need careful planning

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Office Relocation

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RFA: In this article, our Global Managing Director & CRO, George Ralph CITP, outlines the strategies funds can implement to scale after migrating to the cloud

Tags: Cloud, Fund Operations

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Alternit One: Why technology due diligence is the underestimated risk in PE investments — fragmented stacks and key-person dependencies that hit integration and scalability

Tags: Private Equity, Technology DD, Operational Due Diligence

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MIK Fund Solutions: Marking 20 years — MIK on the evolution of its multi-strategy, multi-asset platform with AI integration, full MCP support and a connected workflow ecosystem

Tags: Anniversary, Portfolio Tech, Multi-Asset, AI

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Mariner CRM: A more detailed look at how Mariner compares to the usual CRM platforms — and where it really does things differently

Tags: CRM, Differentiators, Investment Management

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Thrive: Thrive announced updates to its TransformIT platform, including new AI-powered automation workflows and a streamlined employee lifecycle process for faster deployments — significantly expediting time to value.

Tags: AI, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Managed IT

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Compliance

Optima Partners: Optima Partners was proud to sponsor GAIM Ops Cayman. Partner Adam Reback joined fellow compliance leaders to discuss emerging SEC exam trends, key risk areas, and how firms are evolving compliance and operational frameworks.

Tags: Compliance, SEC, GAIM Ops, Cayman, Regulatory

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ACA Group: This blog outlines what firms need to build a compliant, scalable framework that opens doors in one of the world's most influential financial markets

Tags: FCA, Compliance

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CV5 Capital: CARF and CRS 2.0 — what crypto fund managers are underestimating about the global shift in digital asset tax reporting

Tags: Crypto, CARF, CRS 2.0, Regulatory

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Comply: Comply at FINRA Annual Conference, May 11–14 — connecting with the financial services community on what is changing for compliance teams

Tags: FINRA, Conference, Compliance, Regulatory

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Fund HQ: AIFMD II — a targeted evolution of Europe's alternative funds framework and what AIFMs should be considering for governance, transparency and oversight

Tags: AIFMD II, Regulatory, Europe, Governance

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Quadrangle: Are your side letters actually being managed — or just stored? Risks of passive tracking vs an active management approach for MFN, excusal and participation rights

Tags: Side Letters, MFN, Compliance, Investor Relations

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Skematic: Skematic is sponsoring the MFA Legal and Compliance Conference in NYC next week. Zachary Levine and Aizlyn Alfonso will be at the booth — swing by to see what they've been working on.

Tags: Compliance, RegTech, Events

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Events

Bare Cove Technology: I will be in Tokyo next week! Really excited for the AIMA Japan annual forum next Thursday. Looking forward to catching up with everyone there.

Executive: Emily Randall

Tags: Events, APAC, AIMA, Japan

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The Ascent Group: Our USA Managing Director, Skyler Steinke, will be co-hosting a private discussion in Miami on U.S.–DIFC cross-border fund structuring and institutional tokenization frameworks

Tags: Events, DIFC

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Community

Buzzacott: Congratulations to all the Buzzacott swimmers, cyclists, and runners who took part in the HFC (UK) Help For Children Triathlon — proud to sponsor and continue our long-standing support of Help for Children.

Tags: Community, Charity, HFC, Triathlon

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Member News

Lanware: Brockton Everlast has partnered with Lanware to transform its financial services technology platform through the implementation of Finance Forward 365, enhancing governance, strengthening security, and delivering a robust compliance framework to support its growing business.

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LSEG: AI is reshaping markets faster than expected - and CLOs are feeling it. Software loans dropped sharply on disruption fears, but the data tells a more nuanced story we explore

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Equilend : Hut 8 (HUT) is drawing heavier short positioning as the company pivots from Bitcoin mining toward AI and high-performance computing. EquiLend data shows Borrow Quantity up 371% into an April 8 peak of 10.95M shares, while EquiLend’s Short Squeeze Score rose from 9 to 37 in early April as the stock gained nearly 43% over the last two weeks.

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ECI: At GlobalAltsMiami 2026, ECI hosted a fascinating discussion on one of the biggest questions in technology and investment today: Is the current AI infrastructure wave a bubble - or the early stage of a generational buildout?

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CV5 Capital : The latest edition of CV5 Markets is now live. This week we break down: • Key movements across digital asset markets • Where institutional capital is actually flowing • Structural trends shaping hedge fund strategies in 2026

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Alternit One : Technology is no longer a support function. It underpins performance, resilience and investor confidence. As AI, regulation and cybersecurity reshape the landscape, firms need partners who can interpret complexity - not just implement tools.

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Abacus : Cyberattacks aren’t slowing down, and neither is the complexity of responding to them. Abacus' incident response team spent the first quarter of 2026 helping organizations recover from the real-world threats they are facing right now.

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ACA Group: Day 2 at the hashtag#ACAConference. What’s actually holding firms back from turning AI ambition into operational reality? A lot of it comes back to the gap between AI in theory and execution.

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RQC Group: The SEC has released new interpretive guidance on how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets, effective 23 March 2026, with the CFTC formally joining and aligning its approach. This is the most comprehensive joint clarification issued to date.

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RQC Group : On April 7, 2026, the SEC released its FY 2025 enforcement results, highlighting cases that protect investors and market integrity, including actions addressing fraud, market manipulation, insider trading, and adviser misconduct.

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RFA: Great to host our first client drinks of the year in Luxembourg - and fantastic to have Cristian PAUN, our Director of Business Development, representing RFA and welcoming our community.

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Rival Systems : Excellent conversation. Our takeaway: the next phase of exchange innovation is not just about new products, it is about supporting them with the right market structure.

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The Ascent Group : We’re also pleased to share that The Ascent Group has been shortlisted in two categories at the Hedgeweek® 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

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Buzzacott: We’re pleased to share the April edition of our Financial Services Regulatory Newsletter at a pivotal point in the regulatory calendar, with AIFMD II taking effect today and the FCA recently publishing its Regulatory Priorities reports.

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GovernGPT: Senior IR Associate at a $108B AUM fund, after getting her hands on the first agentic DDQ filler in asset management (ahem, that actually works!)

Executive: Mamal Amini

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ALTALLO: Big thanks to Skematic for their most recent contribution to ALTALLO. A practical compliance playbook for investment firms. https://lnkd.in/eGee_K2n

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Dashro Solutions: 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁-𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 "𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝘅"?

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Dashro Solutions: It usually starts with a grand promise: “𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺.”

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RQC Group : The CFTC and SEC have signed a significant new Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") aimed at strengthening cross‑agency coordination and reducing long‑standing regulatory duplication across jointly overseen markets.

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CBOE Global Markets : JJ Kinahan, Senior Vice President, Head of Retail Expansion and Alternative Investment Products, joins CNBC's ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss the state of the retail investor and the launch of prediction markets.

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Comply: The FCA isn’t just asking if you have monitoring in place, they're asking how it connects to identified risks, controls, and real-world outcomes.

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Conduit Security: Fraud risk isn’t just rising in 2026...it’s accelerating. AI-powered social engineering, faster payments, and pressure on finance teams are creating a perfect storm for wire fraud and BEC.

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ECI: At hashtag#GlobalAltsMiami 2026, ECI sponsored a silent breakout session exploring a topic that many investment firms are actively grappling with: how to move from AI experimentation to real operational value.

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LSEG Data & Analytics : Effective risk analysis requires understanding how multiple drivers interact – for example, how changes in interest rates influence credit spreads, or how liquidity conditions can amplify market moves.

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RQC Group: The SEC’s first comprehensive update to its Enforcement Manual in nearly a decade represents more than procedural housekeeping - it signals a strategic shift in how the regulator expects investigations to be conducted going forward.

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The Ascent Group: We are the fund administrator for TreasuryPlus (TPLUS) — a natively digital private credit fund managed by EPOCH Digital Credit and distributed across 22 channels in 6 markets via Synthesys Network.

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BMS Group: As we roll out our refreshed brand, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on what truly defines us: the relationships we’ve built, and the results we deliver.​

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BMS Group: BMS are proud to partner with UK Business Angels Association for this year’s Early-Stage Investment Summit in London on the 26th March.

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GovernGPT: The role of an engineer has shifted dramatically in the last 12 months. It's no longer about how many lines of code you can produce, it's more a function of how well you can deliver high powered systems that do real work for users.

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Company News

Data & Analytics

Oxford Data Plan: With Oxford Data Plan, accuracy matters. Especially in alternative data. For HubSpot – 2025 Q4, our model estimated 289.58K Global Customers. Reported result? 288.7K Error rate: just 0.30%

Tags: Alternative Data, Analytics

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Oxford Data Plan: Spotify Q4 2025 — Estimate vs Reported. Our latest tracking shows just how tight the signal can be. KPI: Total Revenue | US Error Rate: -0.46%

Tags: Alternative Data, Spotify

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Digital Assets

CV5 Capital: We wrote a full guide on what actually matters to investors when evaluating Cayman funds running market neutral, basis, and DeFi yield strategies

Tags: Digital Assets, Cayman Funds

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Cybersecurity

ECI: Cyber threats, compliance demands and regulatory scrutiny have made security a strategic differentiator

Tags: Cybersecurity, Compliance

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Abacus: AI adoption is outpacing defenses, governance and accountability — recap from the GAIM Ops Cayman panel with HUMAN and Lowenstein Sandler

Tags: AI, Governance, GAIM Ops, Cybersecurity, Reasonableness Standard

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Thrive: Navigating the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework can be complex, and a one-size-fits-all approach rarely works

Tags: Cybersecurity, CMMC

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ECI: Why response timing has become a defining metric for modern cyber operations in financial services — earlier, intelligence-led action as a governance advantage

Tags: Cyber Response, Governance, Operational Resilience, Regulatory

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Lanware: AI has reshaped the cyber threat landscape — why annual pen tests are no longer enough and the case for continuous, AI-driven testing in financial services

Tags: Cybersecurity, AI, Pen Testing, Financial Services

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Regulatory

Comply: Regulators aren't asking if your firm uses AI anymore. They want to know how it works, who's accountable, and what happens when it gets it wrong

Tags: AI, Regulation

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Fund Services

Opus Fund Services: Technology designed specifically for private markets, including real-time cap table management, digital personalized capital calls, and dynamic on-demand reporting for LPs

Tags: Private Markets, Fund Administration

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Regulatory & Compliance

Skematic: Launching a 40 Act vehicle is often framed as a distribution decision. In practice, it's an operating model shift, especially for compliance

Tags: Compliance, 40 Act

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Trading Technology

Rival Systems: We're excited to announce that Rival One, our flagship multi-asset trading application, is now certified and will soon be going live for clients of Dash Prime

Tags: Trading, Product Launch

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Trading

Securities Finance

Professional Services

Operations

Cartesian FinOp Partners: AUM growth often exposes operational gaps — why funds that scale well treat operations as infrastructure, not afterthought

Tags: AUM Growth, Operational Scaling, Reconciliation, Allocator Confidence

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OpsCheck: Operational failures aren't caused by careless people — they're caused by fragile systems. Frank Caccio on why workflows need a real operating system

Tags: Operational Risk, Workflow, Controls

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STP Investment Services: T+1 in Europe is closer than it appears — and it won't look like the U.S. transition. With multiple markets, currencies, and time zones, post-trade processing windows could shrink by up to 90%. Firms treating T+1 as a deadline risk falling behind; firms treating it as an operational gate are already moving.

Tags: T+1, Settlement, Europe, Operations

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Corporate Services

A&C Advisors: Choosing between an LLC and a Corporation is more than just a matter of preference; it can significantly impact your business's growth potential and risk exposure

Tags: Entity Formation, Business Strategy

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Fund Administration

The Ascent Group: Recap from Victoria Harbour Summit 2026 in Hong Kong — how administering digital asset funds differs from traditional structures on compliance and operations

Tags: Digital Assets, Fund Admin, Hong Kong, Compliance

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Opus Fund Services: How the Opus Digital Back Office and Co-Sourced model help managers evidence institutional infrastructure, controls and AI-driven scale on Day One

Tags: Co-Sourcing, Digital Back Office, Scale, AI

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Repool: Hedge Fund Launch Spotlight: Talaria Capital Management launches the Talaria Crossover Fund, LP — a thematic growth, crossover hedge fund, partnering with Repool for launch and administration

Tags: Hedge Fund Launch, Emerging Manager, Fund Administration

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Market Commentary

Dashro Solutions: The Supreme Court's long awaited decision arrived and ruled to strike down the global IEEPA tariffs – an immediate, potentially massive repricing event for the markets

Tags: Tariffs, Markets

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Coffee House Economics: That Was The Week That Was — 8 May 2026. A weekly editorial spanning economics, geopolitics, energy and culture. Tap "Read the post" for the PDF, or the company name for the LinkedIn version.

Tags: Market Commentary, Macro, Research

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Investment Strategy

Fund Operations

Fundsure: Most emerging fund managers waste £50k+ on their fund launch. Not because they overpay service providers. Because they hire 4-5 different firms who don't talk to each other

Tags: Fund Launch, Emerging Managers

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Marketing

Acadia: One clear message, repeated weekly — how committing to a single angle shortened our sales cycle and unlocked inbound referrals

Tags: Marketing, Brand, Distribution, Inbound

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Market Data

EquiLend: APAC overtakes North America as the top equity lending region — global lending revenue $1.58bn in April, up 43% YoY, with record $4.42tn average loan balances

Tags: Securities Lending, APAC, Market Data, Revenue

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LSEG: AI-driven disruption fears trigger sharp sell-off in CLO software loans — dislocation may create selective opportunities for discerning CLO investors

Tags: CLO, AI, Credit, Research

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Finance

HaysMac: Introducing HaysMac Fractional CFO — flexible access to senior finance leadership for growing organisations, backed by the wider Tax, Audit, Transactions and Risk team

Tags: Fractional CFO, Finance Leadership, Advisory

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Awards

Judd Advisory: Judd Advisory wins Best Advisory Firm — Private Equity/Credit (Client Service) and a commendation for Best Regulatory Advisory Firm at the HFM/With Intelligence awards

Tags: Awards, Compliance, Private Equity, Private Credit

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Lanware: Lanware named Best IT Managed Service Provider at the With Intelligence 2026 Hedge Fund Services Awards | Europe

Tags: Awards, MSP, Cybersecurity, Hedge Funds

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Regulatory Reporting

Reg-X Innovations: MiFID II reporting: the shift from submission to accuracy — why field-level validation, reconciliation and stronger controls now matter under regulator scrutiny

Tags: MiFID II, Regulatory Reporting, Data Quality, Controls

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Regulatory Hosting

Sturgeon Ventures: Latest Sturgeon Story: how a venture came to Sturgeon Ventures and grew their business, with Sturgeon integral to their journey. An inspirational journey featuring Nick Greenwood.

Executive: Seonaid MacKenzie

Tags: Regulatory Hosting, Emerging Manager, UK

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