EFront Alternative Investment Solutions

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eFront
TypePublic company
IndustryAlternative investment management software and services
Founded1999;24 years ago (1999)
FounderOliver Delenbach
HeadquartersParis, France.
Key people
Tarek Chouman (chief executive officer), Thibaut De Laval (Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer), Matthew Bagley (chief financial officer), Michael Bischoff (Chief Technology Officer)
ProductseFront insight, efront invest, efront investment café, efront portfolio monitoring, efront office, efront peo / vc
Number of employees
850+
Website www.efront.com

eFront Alternative Investment Solutions is a software provider to the financial industry. Headquartered in Paris, France, eFront employs more than 700 people worldwide. eFront's solutions serve more than 850 customers in 48 countries, including companies in the private equity, real estate investment, banking, and insurance sectors. [1]

In 2018, eFront was recognised as one of the top 100 global providers of financial technology, by IDC FinTech rankings. [2] eFront was the only provider solely dedicated to Alternative investments to appear in the ranking.

In 2019, the company was acquired by BlackRock. The company now operates as a specialised business unit within BlackRock Solutions, alongside Aladdin Institutional and Aladdin Wealth. [3]

Operations

eFront has a portfolio of products for different investor types, such as:

eFront's product portfolio also covers different asset classes, such as:

History

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