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Hazeltree hires for customer success
Hazeltree, the provider of treasury and liquidity management solutions for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Steve King as the U.S. director of customer success. He will report to Ayman Sakr, chief customer success officer at Hazeltree. He was previously a principal at Gilded, a fintech, where he worked with Stephanie Miller, now Hazeltree…
Apex invests in Tokeny
Apex Group has become the strategic lead investor in Tokeny, the Luxembourg-based enterprise-grade tokenisation solutions provider. By leveraging Tokeny’s expertise, Apex says it is positioned to provide its single-source solution in the tokenisation era. At the beginning of 2023 Tokeny announced a partnership with Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc., a SaaS company delivering trust, transparency and…
IQ-EQ supports iCapital in France
iCapital, the fintech platform supporting access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, has partnered with IQ-EQ to establish a new series of French-domiciled funds. iCapital appointed IQ-EQ’s Paris-based team to provide fund administration services and to act as AIFM for iCapital funds that will be launched through the partnership and made available on…
Formidium appoints CMO
Formidium, the U.S.-based administrator, has appointed John Manley as its new chief marketing officer, based in Chicago. He was previously in private practice.
SimCorp creates global commercial role
SimCorp, the Deutsche Börse-owned fintech, has appointed Dean McIntyre as the head of global commercial, a newly established role. In his capacity overseeing all global commercial functions, McIntyre will be responsible for a spectrum of sales enablement activities, including developing sales training, content creation and supporting SimCorp’s growth ambitions. Reporting to Oliver Johnson, chief revenue…
Alter Domus expands in Lux
Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based provider of fund administration, private debt, and corporate services, has opened a third Luxembourg satellite office in Wecker to serve cross-border team members based in Germany. The Wecker office has capacity for 24 employees, and follows the opening of satellite offices in Steinfort and Frisange earlier this year to cater for…
Waverton outsources to Northern Trust
Waverton Investment Management, a UK-based manager with GBP9.1bn (USD11.6bn) AuM, has appointed Northern Trust to provide outsourced trading services through its Integrated Trading Solutions business. Northern Trust will cover equities, derivatives and fixed income assets as Waverton’s sole provider of trading services. The appointment followed a review by Waverton of its operating model intended to…
Vistra to acquire Lux ManCo
Vistra Fund Management, the Luxembourg-based third-party AIFM of Singapore-based Vistra Group, plans to acquire Kroll (Luxembourg) Management Company S.à r.l., a super ManCo with UCITs and AIF licences. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Jan Vanhoutte will lead VFM’s expanded business as managing director. Anil Singh will continue with the business in a leadership…
Gen II hires bus dev MD
Gen II Fund Services, the independent private equity administrator, has hired Jeff Rosen as managing director of business development. Rosen joins from Ultimus LeverPoint, where he spent a year, and has also worked at Citco and Citi.