CACEIS, the European asset servicing group, has added Clarity AI to its app store, Connect Store. Clarity AI analyses more than 50,000 companies and 300,000 funds, 198 countries and 188 local governments, using machine learning and big data to deliver insights on sustainability. Clarity AI provides direct access to a broad universe of ESG, climate,…

Blue Collective, a U.S.-based venture capital manager with USD130m AuM, has expanded its relationship with Apex to include fund administration. Blue Collective was previously a tax compliance and planning client of FTS, a tax services provider in which Apex took a majority stake in 2022.

Accelex, the UK-based data acquisition, analytics and reporting solution for private markets investors and asset servicers, has been appointed by Axiom Asia Private Capital to provide its SaaS solution in support of its private equity investment data extraction activities. Axiom Asia currently manages nine private equity funds, with total commitments of over USD7bn.

Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto index fund manager with AuM of USD1.3bn, has selected SS&C’s Eze Investment Suite to support its trading operations. Eze Investment Suite will support trading, portfolio management, compliance and operations.

BNP Paribas has appointed Franck Delbes as CEO of Manaos, the investment services platform connecting institutional clients to ESG data and analytics providers. The platform helps investors collect fund inventories from their asset managers for full look-through analysis of their portfolios. It also provides clients with access to ESG data and analytics providers to help…

Universal Investment Group, the Germany-based administrator, has completed the acquisition of Luxembourg-based financial services provider European Fund Administration S.A. (EFA). The agreement has recently been approved by CSSF, the Luxembourg financial regulator. EFA will act as the group’s international investor services platform. EFA and Universal Investment Luxembourg will continue as separate entities and will be…

European Depositary Bank, the Apex-owned provider of banking, paying agency, depositary and custody solutions, has been appointed to provide paying agent and banking services for third party investors to GenTwo. Zurich-based GenTwo creates securitisation platforms for asset managers, banks, family offices and venture capital investors, enabling professional investors to invest in bankable and previously non-bankable…