Romain Mifsud has joined CACEIS as global head of coverage for PERES and financing solutions, based in Paris. He was previously at IQ-EQ and also spent nearly six years at SGSS.
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Aztec supports new Highland fund
Aztec has supported long-time client, Highland Europe, a growth-stage technology investment firm, on the close of Highland Europe Technology Growth VI LP, a Jersey-domiciled fund with commitments of EUR1.1bn (USD1.3bn).
Apex appoints chief product officer
Apex Group has appointed Nick Tomadakis as chief product officer. Based in the UK, he reports directly to CEO Peter Hughes. He was previously at DCM Systems
SS&C wins Australia mandate
Fundamental Investment Management, a Sydney-based boutique investment management firm, has selected SS&C to support its inaugural Fundamental Smaller Companies Fund. SS&C will provide fund administration and unit registry services for the Fund. MSC Trustees will serve as trustee and custodian.
Euroclear builds Inversis stake
Euroclear has completed the acquisition of a 90pct stake in Inversis from Banca March. Following its initial acquisition of 49pct in 2025, this second transaction expands Euroclear’s presence in Southern Europe and combines Inversis’ strong local franchise in funds and investment services with Euroclear’s scale, infrastructure and international ecosystem.
Goku appoints SS&C
Singapore Goku Technologies Pte. Ltd., an AI-driven quantitative investment manager, has appointed SS&C GlobeOp as its fund services provider. The firm has USD4bn AuM. SS&C will provide fund administration services for the Goku Technologies Master Fund. The fund operates a high-volume trading strategy with substantial daily trading activity.
Citi supports Global X ETF
Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong) Limited, together with Citi’s investor services unit and OSL Group, have launched a tokenised unit class for the Global X HSCEI Covered Call Active ETF (3416), marking the first covered call ETF in Hong Kong to introduce a tokenised unit class.
Showdown
Ireland and Luxembourg can peacefully co-exist. There’s plenty of pie to go around. With the news that Pat Lardner, who has led Irish Funds since 2012, is stepping down, it is timely to look at the state of the offshore centres of Luxembourg and Ireland. Lardner, who took over from Gary Palmer, inherited an organisation…
First Sentier adds to NT mandate
First Sentier Group has appointed Northern Trust as fund administrator and depositary for its Irish fund, the First Sentier Investors Global Umbrella Fund Plc. Northern Trust will provide custody, depositary, fund accounting and transfer agency for the USD14bn Irish fund structure.
Lexington appoints SS&C
Lexington Capital Management LP, a U.S.-based hedge fund manager, has appointed SS&C GlobeOp as its fund administrator. SS&C will provide fund services across >USD1bn in assets.