Apex has appointed Matthew Pykstra as senior executive officer of FundRock Middle East. He joined Apex in 2022, following the acquisition of Sanne Group. Pyskstra succeeds Martin Bond, who becomes the regional head of client relationship management in the Middle East.
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SEBA links with SGKB
SEBA Bank, a full-service, global crypto bank, has launched its partnership with St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB), Switzerland’s fifth largest cantonal bank, enabling digital asset custody and brokerage services for SGKB’s clients. Having obtained its FINMA banking licence in 2019, SEBA Bank is among the first financial institutions to bring digital assets to the Swiss market and…
Terazo links with Tokeny
Terazo, a private market investment platform based in India, has joined forces with Tokeny, the tokenization platform, to launch the first regulated tokenised real estate asset in India under the regulatory sandbox framework established by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). Oryx, a USD50m greenfield development, is the first regulated tokenised real estate project…
Torstone links MO with CTM
Torstone Technology, a UK-based provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing solutions, has completed product certification of its middle office product with DTCC’s CTM, a central matching platform used to allocate and centrally match transactions across multiple asset classes.
Copper acquires ADGM brokerage
Copper, the UK-based institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, has acquired Securrency Capital Limited, a full-service, regulated blockchain-enabled brokerage firm offering digital securities trading based in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Securrency Capital’s platform, powered by Securrency’s digital asset infrastructure and compliance solutions, provides investors with access to global securities, delivering 24/7 trading with near-real…
Northern Trust hires Nordics sales head
Northern Trust has hired Mikkel Mördrup as head of sales, Nordics, based in Stockholm. He joins from ISEC, where he was group CEO. The post has been vacant since Struan Malcolm left earlier this year.
Danloy joins BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas has appointed Sébastien Danloy as global head of sales & relationship management for institutional investors, a newly created role. Based in London, he becomes a permanent member of the securities services management board, reporting to Alvaro Camuñas, head of client development for securities services. Danloy was most recently global head of investor services,…
HV adds to CACEIS mandate
HV Capital, a European early-stage and growth investor, has added an additional four private equity structures to the portfolio under depositary at CACEIS Germany. CACEIS now provides depositary services for 12 of HV Capital’s Special-AIFs, representing c. EUR2.1bn (USD2.2bn) in assets.
Socium partners with Cascata
Socium Fund Services, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Suntera Global specialising in private equity, private credit, real estate, and venture capital fund administration, has partnered with Cascata Solutions, a provider of automated waterfall distribution software. Together, they aim to deliver carried interest, management fee, and expense accounting services for Socium’s private fund clients.
HSBC to launch digital assets custody service
HSBC plans to launch a new digital assets custody service for institutional clients who invest in tokenised securities. Once live in 2024, HSBC’s new service will complement HSBC Orion, the bank’s platform for issuing digital assets, as well as HSBC’s recently launched offering for tokenised physical gold. The new service does not cover cryptocurrencies or…