Northern Trust has hired two senior managers from BNY Mellon to join its North American asset servicing business development team. Dean Marziarz will lead business development for Private Capital Fund Services, which provides middle- and back-office solutions for a range of alternative investment managers. He has more than 20 years of asset servicing experience at…

JTC, the C.I.-based professional services provider, has launched its fund administration offering in Ireland to complement existing AIFM, depositary and corporate services. The business will be led by Graham Kennedy, CEO of JTC Fund Solutions (Ireland) Limited and follows Central Bank of Ireland regulatory approval. Following the acquisitions of Ballybunion Capital Limited and INDOS Financial…

Ocorian, the C.I.-based financial services group, has formed a strategic client group under the leadership of Simon Behan, chief commercial officer. As previously announced, Jamie Gleeson has joined this group from SS&C, where he was head of EMEA hedge fund sales. James Kent has also joined, having spent more than 14 years at Northern Trust,…

Coinbase has been selected by BlackRock to provide institutional clients of Aladdin, BlackRock’s end-to-end investment management platform, with direct access to crypto, starting with Bitcoin, through connectivity with Coinbase Prime. Coinbase Prime will provide crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage, and reporting capabilities to Aladdin’s institutional clients who are also clients of Coinbase. Built for institutions,…

Apex has expanded its digital banking services delivered by its Luxembourg-based subsidiary, European Depositary Bank. EDB’s digital banking platform offers a tailored solution for asset managers and SPVs, family offices, corporates, trusts and UHNWI. Clients can now open multi-currency accounts and manage their day-to-day transactions, including global payments, FX requirements and cash management through automated…

Equity Data Science, an investment process management software provider that delivers insights and productivity tools to hedge funds and asset managers, has announced that  Ed Keller has joined the firm’s board of directors. Keller recently retired after 28 years at Morgan Stanley as a managing director and the global head of prime brokerage. Northern Trust…

LemonEdge, the UK-based fund accounting platform for the private asset sector, has struck a deal with 73 Strings, a fintech which provides advanced monitoring technology and a valuation platform for both equity and credit asset classes. The system is designed to streamline processes for analysing, valuing, monitoring and trading in illiquid assets. LemonEdge and 73…

Apex has closed the acquisition of Sanne Group plc, the UK-based provider of alternative asset and corporate services. Following the close of the acquisition, Apex now services nearly USD3trn in assets across administration, depositary, custody and management. The addition of Sanne brings another 2,500 people into the group and adds six new locations in Denmark,…