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GAIM Ops Cayman Explores the State of Alternative Investment Operations with Top Government Officials, Regulatory Agencies, Legal, Fintech and Financial Firm Leaders

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Event begins April 14 through 17, 2024 at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — More than 700 c-suite executives, managing directors, top government officials and senior professionals shaping the alternative investment operations are expected at this year’s GAIM Ops Cayman in Grand Cayman to discuss operations, legal issues, security, AI, tech, and due diligence. The curated agenda features keynote speakers and panellists covering timely issues. GAIM Ops Cayman offers a networking app that allows attendees to connect before, during and after the event.

The Deputy Premier and Minister of Financial Services, André Ebanks is scheduled to deliver the official welcome on April 15th. Minister Ebanks, MP, was given ministerial responsibilities for financial services and commerce following his election to the Cayman Islands House of Parliament in April 2021. His remit includes the General Registry; Department for International Tax Cooperation; Department of Commerce and Investment; Trade and Business Licensing Board; Liquor Licensing Board; Special Economic Zones Authority; Cayman Islands Monetary Authority; Auditors Oversight Authority; Cayman Islands Stock Exchange; Stock Exchange Authority; Civil Aviation Authority; Air Transport and Licensing Authority; Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands; Cayman Islands Government Office in the European Union; and the Financial Services Legislative Committee.

Managing Director of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) Cindy Scotland, OBE, will provide a regulatory update on the second day of the event, April 16th. Mrs. Scotland has been at the helm of CAIM for more than two decades, playing an important role in the economic success and stability of financial services in the Cayman Islands.

The Keynote Panel on Changing Business Practices, Bad Actors and Red Flags will feature a conversation with the FBI’s Chief of Economic Crimes Jeremy Capello; the Assistant Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division for the United States Department of Justice Michael O’Neill; and the Managing Director in NFA’s Compliance Department Kathleen Clapper. Special Agent Capello is responsible for overseeing FBI investigations across the entire country related to complex financial crimes and works closely with the Department of Justice as well as domestic and foreign regulatory and private sector partners such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Future Trading Commission, National Cyber-Forensic Training Alliance, and other Federal, State and Local agencies. Ms. Clapper oversees the NFA department’s examination, investigation, and financial surveillance programs.

Other GAIM Ops Cayman sessions include:

What’s next for alternatives – how are market structures going to evolve? Participants include:
Chuck Pulsfort – Managing Director, Head of Americas Financial and Regulatory Reporting, BlackRock and Bryan Morris – Partner, Deloitte

Looking from the outside in – the future for alts – Invites Steve Bruce – Managing Partner, ASC Advisors, LLC, Ortenca Aliaj – Deputy US Corporate Finance Editor, Financial Times and Jennifer Ablan – Editor-in-Chief and Chief Content Officer, Pensions and Investments

Principal conference sponsors of GAIM Ops Cayman are Deloitte, Walkers and NAV Fund Administration Group.  Deloitte Cayman Islands, a premier offshore investment management practice and recognized market leader in Financial Services, serving top international and local Investment Management (IM) and Banking clients for over five decades. The company has established Tax practice for alternative investment vehicles, operating in our Cayman Islands office.

“We are very excited about welcoming you back to GAIM Ops Cayman,” says Odette Samson, Deloitte, Partner. “The alternative investment industry continues to evolve and GAIM Ops Cayman is the best place to discuss the future with private capital firms, hedge funds and investors.”

NAV is a privately owned fund administrator that ranks among the top global hedge fund administrators by number of funds, servicing more than $260 billion AUA and representing a broad range of trading strategies and unique fund structures. The company is ranked as the #1 global hedge fund administrator in an independent survey of hedge fund COOs, maintaining a 99% client retention rate and steady year-over-year organic growth.  Headquartered in the United States, it also serves locations in India, Australia, the Cayman Islands, Mauritius, and Singapore.

Ambuj Garg, Chief Operating Officer, NAV Fund Administration Group said, “We are proud to be one of the principal conference sponsors of GAIM Ops Cayman. We look forward to meeting industry colleagues to chat about the critical role fund administration solutions play in facilitating timely, accurate fund operations and investor services.”

Walkers is a leading international law firm, providing legal, corporate, compliance and fiduciary services to global corporations, financial institutions, capital markets participants and investment fund managers. The company is consistently ranked in the top tier of the leading global legal directories. Walkers is noted as the “go-to” firm for offshore legal advice, retaining a client list of innovative firms and institutions across the financial markets.

“Walkers looks forward to welcoming our industry friends back to the Cayman Islands for another engaging GAIM Ops Cayman event,” adds Tim Ludford-Thomas, Partner at Walkers. “After nearly 2 decades we remain proud supporters of this conference, which provides opportunities for meaningful conversation on topical issues facing financial services professionals. This year we cover regulatory best practices, cyber security, talent retention and much more.”

Register by March 15th to receive a $400 discount.

About GAIM Ops Cayman
GAIM Ops Cayman is the #1 alternative investment operations conference, providing interactive networking and timely sessions focused on regulatory compliance, automation, technology, risk management, cyber protection, due diligence and more. The event draws more than 700 attendees leading operations, compliance and ODD. Over 420 hedge funds, private capital firms and institutional investors participate in a powerful agenda of interactive sessions, networking, discussions and social gatherings. Nearly half of all participants are c-suite and managing partners. To learn more about the event and to register visit https://informaconnect.com/gaim-ops-cayman.

The event, now in its 18th year, welcomes leaders from institutional investors including Bessemer Trust, Harvard Management Company, CalSTRS, Cascade Asset Management, Abu Dhabi Investment Council and New Zealand Superannuation Fund; top investment firms including Bridgewater, Two Sigma, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, Marshall Wace, BlackRock and Point72; and Institutional investors including Bessemer Trust, Harvard Management Company, CalSTRS, Cascade Asset Management, Abu Dhabi Investment Council and New Zealand Superannuation Fund. 

GAIM Ops Cayman has developed specialised summits which take place on April 14th. The ODD Summit Is aimed at hedge funds, private asset managers and investors. The program will cover: best practice for institutional investors, the impact of tech on the future of due diligence, and crisis management and will feature expert speakers including M&G Investments, Summit Rock Advisors, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management.

The Legal & Compliance Summit dives into specialised topics such as: how CCOs are following the compliance program rule, the SEC and the recent whistleblower case, examining PFAR up close. Featured speakers from Akin, York Capital, Sidley Austin, Eagle Capital Management, Bridgewater Associates will provide expert insight.

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Corgi Insurance Announces Artist Residency to Support Local Creatives at Corgi Cafe

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Corgi Insurance has announced the launch of its Artist Residency Program, a new initiative designed to support artists, illustrators, writers, photographers, filmmakers, and creators working at the intersection of technology and culture.

The residency will be based at Corgi Cafe, the company’s 24/7 community space in San Francisco built for founders, engineers, investors, and operators. Since opening, the cafe has become a home for hackathons, demo days, founder dinners, product launches, and late-night building sessions. With the residency, Corgi is expanding that community to include the creatives documenting, interpreting, and shaping this moment in technology.

Residents will receive workspace at the cafe’s central warehouse in San Francisco, featuring 30-foot ceilings, creative tools and materials, access to Corgi’s network of founders and builders, and opportunities to showcase their work through exhibitions, talks, installations, publications, and community events. The program gives artists proximity to the people and ideas driving technological change while bringing creative perspectives and storytelling into the startup ecosystem.

The launch reflects Corgi’s belief that the next generation of iconic technology companies will be built not only by engineers and operators, but also by writers, designers, filmmakers, and artists capable of translating complex ideas into culture.

“I fell in love with art and culture while working in crypto and digital art. Seeing creators flourish around community and new technology shaped me deeply, and that vision now lives on through Corgi Cafe,” said Trevor Owens, Head of Cafe at Corgi. “Some of the most important movements in digital art emerged not from institutions, but from people gathering in shared spaces, experimenting together, and supporting one another’s work. We want to bring that same ethos to Corgi Cafe. San Francisco has an incredible community of local artists, and the Artist Residency is our way of investing in the people documenting, interpreting, and shaping this moment in technology and culture.”

The Artist Residency is an effort to make Corgi Cafe a place not only where companies are built, but where culture around technology is created. Applications for the inaugural Corgi Artist Residency are now open. Local artists interested in joining San Francisco’s builder community and creating work alongside founders, engineers, and operators can apply today. The residency will launch in San Francisco before expanding to additional Corgi Cafe locations across the country. Apply here: corgicafe.com/residency

About Corgi

Corgi Insurance is the first AI-native insurance company. Backed by decades of insurance expertise, Corgi has raised $374 million since its founding, most recently at a $2.6B valuation.

Media Contact: Erika Lee, erika@corgi.com 

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Infobip research reveals APAC businesses scaling AI-powered defenses to counter surge in automated fraud

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Fraudsters are leveraging AI to automate and personalize attacks, but enterprises are fighting back

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — New research from global AI-first cloud communications platform Infobip reveals a growing surge in AI-powered fraud and enterprise defenses. Analyzing billions of interactions globally, Infobip’s 2026 Fraud & Security Report highlights a year of dramatic contrasts. There have been record volumes of blocked fraudulent traffic alongside the rapid scaling of intelligent, AI-powered defenses.

The report reveals that while fraudsters are using AI to scale and personalize harmful messaging, leading to a 77% increase in detected threats, businesses are responding in kind. Adoption of AI-powered fraud detection grew by 71% year-on-year, while pattern-based detection increased by 105%, underscoring a shift toward adaptive security.

Matija Ražem, Chief Commercial Telecom Officer at Infobip, said: “Fraudsters are using AI to automate and scale campaigns faster than ever, but AI-powered protection is evolving just as fast. The significant growth in AI-driven detection proves that leading organizations are no longer treating security as an afterthought, they are building it directly into their communication infrastructure.”

The report also highlights distinct fraud trends emerging across the Asia Pacific region.

Across APAC, enterprises are navigating an increasingly complex fraud environment as digital engagement and mobile-first banking continue to accelerate. At the network level, APAC is among the most technologically advanced regions based on Infobip data. Operator firewalls are highly automated, while mature AI-powered detection models can identify and block most threats without human intervention.

At the enterprise level, however, OTP-based fraud remains a significant challenge in several key markets. Certain territories continue to record elevated suspicious authentication rates, indicating structural fraud patterns rather than isolated campaigns.

Regulatory scrutiny is also intensifying across the region. In countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and India, regulators have introduced stronger authentication requirements, reflecting a broader regional shift toward treating SMS OTP vulnerabilities as both a security and compliance priority.

This growing focus on fraud prevention is driving stronger enterprise action across APAC. For example, PLDT Enterprise strengthened security across Smart’s network after deploying Infobip’s SMS and Voice Firewall. The deployment helped reduce spam, smishing, and fraudulent SMS traffic, blocking more than 1.3 billion spam and fraud attempts while improving SMS delivery and overall network security.

“In APAC’s rapidly growing digital economy, trust is emerging as a key competitive advantage, and businesses need to make Network APIs a core part of their fraud prevention and authentication strategy. Companies should consider leveraging Network APIs’ capabilities such as Number Verify, SIM Swap detection, KYC Match, and Device Location Verification to better stay ahead of evolving threats while delivering seamless customer experiences. By taking this a step further and orchestrating these capabilities through a CPaaS platform, businesses can create a centralized, resilient security framework that helps reduce fraud without disrupting the user experience,” commented Goran Valjak, Director of Telecom Growth and Strategy Asia at Infobip.

Download the full Fraud & Security Trends 2026 report to find out more insights: https://bit.ly/3R2W9pl.

About Infobip

Infobip is a global cloud communications platform that enables businesses to build connected experiences across all stages of the customer journey, with AI as the driving force of innovation. Through a single, natively built platform, Infobip delivers omnichannel engagement, identity, user authentication and contact centre solutions that help businesses and partners overcome the complexity of consumer communications while driving growth and increasing customer loyalty. Infobip is focused on enabling and accelerating AI adoption as it continues its transformation into an AI-first company. Infobip’s technology has the capacity to reach over seven billion mobile devices in 6 continents connected to 10k+ connections of which 800+ are direct operator connections. The company was established in 2006 and is led by its co-founders, CEO Silvio Kutić and CTO Izabel Jelenić.

Recent award wins include:

Infobip ranked #16 in Fortune’s Europe’s Most Innovative Companies 2026 (June 2026), up from its inaugural #68 ranking in 2025.Infobip named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) for the fourth consecutive year. Positioned furthest for Completeness of Vision for the second time (May 2026)Infobip named the number one Established Leader in the Juniper Research RCS for Business 2026 Leaderboard (Feb 2026) Infobip recognized as a growth and innovation leader in Frost Radar™: Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) by Frost & Sullivan (Oct 2025)Infobip ranked as the number one Established Leader in the Juniper Research Mobile Messaging Fraud Prevention Market report (Sept 2025)Infobip ranked as a Leader in the Omdia CPaaS Universe Report for the third time (April 2025)Infobip ranked an Established Leader in the Juniper Research Conversational AI Leaderboard (Feb 2025)Infobip named a CPaaS Leader for the third time in the IDC MarketScape (Feb 2025)Infobip named one of the top CPaaS providers in Metrigy’s CPaaS MetriRank Report (Dec 2024) Infobip recognized as the number one provider in the AIT Fraud Prevention market by Juniper Research (Oct 2024)

 

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Brown Health Medical Group-MA Data Breach Alert: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Investigates Class Action Claims

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National data breach law firm offering free case evaluations to individuals whose Social Security numbers, financial account information, government-issued IDs, and health records may have been exposed in the Brown Health Medical Group-MA data breach.

NEWTOWN, Pa., July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Edelson Lechtzin LLP, a national class action law firm, is investigating data privacy claims arising from the Brown Health Medical Group-MA data breach, a cybersecurity incident that exposed the sensitive personal, financial, and health information of hundreds of thousands of patients. Lifespan Physician Group of Massachusetts, Inc., which does business as Brown Health Medical Group-MA, reported the breach to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office on July 16, 2026.

What Happened

According to a report filed with the Vermont Attorney General’s Office on July 16, 2026, Lifespan Physician Group of Massachusetts, Inc., doing business as Brown Health Medical Group-MA, experienced a data breach that may have exposed sensitive personal, financial, and health information entrusted to it by its patients. The incident affected at least 290,357 residents of Massachusetts and 86 residents of Vermont. Brown Health Medical Group-MA has not publicly disclosed the total number of individuals affected across all states.

Information Exposed

The Brown Health Medical Group-MA data breach may have compromised a broad range of sensitive personal, financial, and health information. According to the notice filed with the Vermont Attorney General, the exposed data may include Social Security numbers, financial account codes, credit and debit account information, government-issued identification numbers, driver’s license numbers, and health and medical records.

Who May Be Impacted

Individuals who are notified that their information was involved in the Brown Health Medical Group-MA data breach — including patients of Brown Health Medical Group-MA and its affiliated physician practices — may face an increased risk of identity theft, financial fraud, and medical identity theft.

Your Legal Options

Edelson Lechtzin LLP is investigating a potential class action to pursue legal remedies on behalf of individuals whose sensitive personal, financial, and health information may have been compromised in the Brown Health Medical Group-MA data breach. Through such an action, affected individuals may be able to recover compensation for loss of privacy, time spent responding to the breach, out-of-pocket costs, and other harms. The firm will evaluate your rights and potential claims at no cost.

Contact Us for a Free Case Evaluation

Speak confidentially with a data privacy attorney today: Marc Edelson, Esq., Edelson Lechtzin LLP, 411 S. State Street, Suite N-300, Newtown, PA 18940; Phone: 844-696-7492 ext. 2; Email: medelson@edelson-law.com; Web: www.edelson-law.com. Or click HERE to request a free consultation.

Recommended Protective Steps

Review your account statements, credit reports, and any explanation-of-benefits statements from your health insurer regularly, and remain vigilant for suspicious activity. If Brown Health Medical Group-MA offered you complimentary credit monitoring or identity protection services, consider enrolling before any deadline stated in your notice. Confirm whether your information was involved in the incident and preserve any letters or emails you received about the breach. Consider placing fraud alerts or a security freeze on your credit, and consider requesting an IRS Identity Protection PIN to guard against tax-related fraud.

About Edelson Lechtzin LLP

Edelson Lechtzin LLP is a national class action law firm with offices in Pennsylvania and California. In addition to data breach litigation, the firm handles class and collective actions involving securities and investment fraud, federal antitrust violations, ERISA employee benefit plans, wage theft, and consumer fraud

Media and Partnership Inquiries: Use the contact information above to connect with our team regarding interviews, co-counsel opportunities, and referral partnerships.

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