Edward Moore, Aztec Group founder and CEO, is to become chair of the group board. He will be succeeded as CEO by current group chair, Kathryn Purves, effective 1 April 2023. Purves was appointed group chair in April 2022, having initially joined the group as a non-executive director in 2020.

Core Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited has opened. Core is an independent, owner-managed business offering fund administration, accounting, compliance and corporate governance services to investment funds and management entities domiciled in Guernsey.

Apex plans to acquire Bank of America Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited (BACSIL), the Irish depositary business of Bank of America. Apex will acquire BACSIL through its subsidiary, European Depositary Bank. The BACSIL business, based in Dublin, provides depositary services for client assets of USD71.4bn. Upon closing, BACSIL’s team will join Apex in Dublin.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., the U.S.-based fintech, has launched ESG Analyzer, a web-based ESG disclosure and data analytics benchmarking tool that delivers “timely, high-quality, cost-effective, transparent data and insights”. The ESG Analyzer allows companies to view all of their ESG metrics in a single dashboard, compare their data side-by-side with peer companies to better understand…

Nippon Life India Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., the offshore platform of Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, has transitioned its operations to the SS&C Eze asset management platform. The firm will now use the Eze Investment Suite ecosystem for its recently launched fixed income ETF, among other funds. Nippon Life India Singapore manages funds…

Crestbridge, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Emily Manning as director, real estate funds. Manning began her career at Crestbridge where she worked for six years overseeing portfolios of property investment vehicles. She re-joins Crestbridge having most recently held the position of head of fund operations at Langham Hall in C.I.

Northern Trust has appointed Natalie Leaver as head of asset owner business development, UK & Ireland. She replaces Ian Hamilton, who has been appointed head of UK asset owners, succeeding Mark Austin, who has been named pensions sector lead for EMEA. She joins from J.P. Morgan, where she spent 17 years, most recently as head…