Paul Stillabower has been appointed as an independent, non-executive board member of Euroclear Bank SA/NV. He will also be risk committee chair. Stillabower has a storied career in the investor services industry, having worked at HSBC and, most recently, RBC before the acquisition of its investor services business by CACEIS. He remains based in the…
Year: 2025
NTRS wins LTAF mandate
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide Partners Group with fund administration, depositary, and banking services for its first LTAF. Based in Switzerland, Partners Group is one of the largest firms in the private markets industry with over USD150bn AuM. The new LTAF, the Partners Group Generations Private Credit LTAF, focuses on providing defined contribution…
Apex wins Coinbase mandate
Apex has been selected by Coinbase Asset Management to provide fund administration services, delivered by Apex Malta, specifically tailored for digital asset strategies and its newly announced Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund (CBYF).
Valeas replaces Palatine at Suntera
Suntera Global, the C.I.- headquartered provider of fund, corporate and private wealth services, has entered into an agreement with Valeas Capital Partners, an equity investment firm, to acquire a majority stake in Suntera. Under the terms of the agreement, Valeas is committing significant new equity capital to support the expansion of Suntera’s capabilities and global…
TMF hires for funds services team
TMF Group, a Netherlands-based provider of fund and corporate services, has appointed Tim LiVolsi as managing director of strategic operations and lift-outs within the funds services team. He was most recently at Cerberus Capital Management, and has also worked at Citi, J.P. Morgan and BNY.
Waystone to acquire BIL’s ManCo
Waystone, a European provider of specialist services to the asset management industry, is set to acquire BIL Manage Invest, a ManCo, from Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) Group, subject to regulatory approval. Waystone’s acquisition of BIL Manage Invest will increase its AuM in Luxembourg by c. 15pct. The acquisition will also support Waystone’s long-term strategic…
Passthrough integrates with Salesforce
Passthrough has integrated with Salesforce to connect the CRM to investor onboarding workflow. Clients using Salesforce can automate investor invites, pre-populate investor data, track real-time status updates, and sync completed documents, without any R&D work.
Citi & SDX collaborate on private assets
Citi and SDX are collaborating on a project for global issuers and investors. Citi will be tokenising, settling and safekeeping assets on SDX’s digital CSD platform and will bring late-stage pre-IPO equities to institutional and eligible investors on the platform. Expected to be live by the third quarter of 2025, Citi and SDX are developing…
Northern Trust joins Ensemble
Northern Trust has joined Project Ensemble, a Hong Kong Monetary Authority initiative, to help develop an experimental framework for cross-border trading of digital carbon credits. The collaboration aims to explore how overseas investors can access tokenised voluntary carbon credits traded in Hong Kong. The project will be supported by the Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem, a…
FINBOURNE hires chairman
FINBOURNE, the UK-based provider of investment technology, has appointed Toby Glaysher as chairman of the board, alongside the formation of a new advisory board. Glaysher recently retired after a 37-year career at Northern Trust, most recently serving as president of global fund services. Northern Trust signed a major deal with FINBOURNE in 2024.