IQ-EQ has appointed Ray Murphy as senior managing director of accounting & CFO services in North America. In this newly created role, Murphy will drive IQ-EQ’s efforts to grow its outsourced CFO business in the U.S., with a particular focus on private equity clients. He joins from State Street. IQ-EQ first entered the U.S. alternative…
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Adit hires Apex for new ILP
Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration services to Adit Ventures’ new Irish-domiciled Investment Limited Partnership fund. Services include fund accounting, investor services and audit assistance. Adit recently appointed two JTC-owned firms to provide AIFM and depositary services to the fund.
Sharegain raises USD64m
Sharegain, a UK-registered securities finance fintech, has raised USD64m in a series B round led by WestCap and joined by Citi, EJF Capital LLC and Optiver PSI. Participating existing investors include Maverick Ventures Israel, Blumberg Capital, SixThirty, Rhodium, and the Kessler family office.
BNY Mellon appoints head of Americas asset owners
BNY Mellon has appointed Anders Reinertsen as head of asset owners for the Americas, an internal move.
New ILP appoints JTC for AIFM and depositary services
Ballybunion Capital Limited and INDOS Financial (Ireland) Depositary Limited, two firms acquired by JTC in 2021, have been appointed to provide AIFM and depositary services respectively to Adit Global Growth, ILP. The fund, which will be distributed across a number of European countries and the UK, is expected to raise up to USD50m.
Ocorian supports SilkRoad with new RE fund
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported SilkRoad Property Partners, a private equity real estate firm, with the first close of its Core-plus real estate fund at USD144m.
Apex to administer new crypto fund
Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration and transfer agency services for the NEOR Crypto Volatility Fund. NEOR is a long/short quantitative algo crypto vol trading fund with strategies based on artificial intelligence combined with deep-learning models aimed at identifying trading opportunities by digesting real-time data from multiple sources. Eagle Eye Finance Sàrl is…
BP2S wins India mandate for AIMCo
BNP Paribas Securities Services has been appointed by Canada’s Alberta Investment Management Corporation to provide custody, clearing and settlement services for its recent investment into India. AIMCo is among a number of international investors to commit to India’s first renewable energy infrastructure investment trust, Virescent Renewable Energy Trust. AIMCo is one of Canada’s largest institutional…
Charles River partners with Precisely
Charles River Development, a State Street company, has formed an alliance with Precisely, a data integrity specialist. Precisely’s data governance solution, Data360 Govern, will be incorporated into the State Street Alpha data platform to provide streamlined governance, lineage, and cataloguing capabilities.
JTC partners with onboarding specialist
JTC Americas (formerly NES Financial) has entered into an agreement with VENTURE.co Holdings, Inc. to deliver an improved investor onboarding process. VENTURE.co is a U.S.-based software-as-a-service company offering an integrated virtual data room, distribution management tools, and automated document processing for fund and private equity sponsors, broker-dealers and RIA firms. JTC Americas is the North…