ZEDRA, the provider of corporate and fund services, is to acquire AlleyBe, a Maltese corporate service provider, trustee and virtual financial asset (VFA) agent. The acquisition will add 25 new team members to ZEDRA’s existing business in Malta.
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Zodia hires head of sales
Richard Clark has joined Zodia Custody as head of sales & partnerships. Zodia Custody, which is registered in the UK by the FCA as a crypto asset business, is owned by Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust. Clark previously spent 15 years at Merrill Lynch.
Torstone appoints head of Japan
Torstone Technology, the UK-based SaaS platform for post-trade securities and derivatives processing and risk management, has appointed Yasuaki Hayashi as senior Japan representative, based in Tokyo. Hayashi-san joins from Interactive Brokers, where he was head of Japan, having helped to establish the firm’s Japanese business in 2008.
Fireblocks certified by ISO across three categories
Fireblocks, the provider of digital asset and crypto technology, has been certified by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) in the categories of security (ISO 27001), cloud (ISO 27017) and privacy (ISO 27018). Fireblocks claims that it is the only crypto tech company to achieve all three certifications.
IQ-EQ to support first RE fund for SHRE
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, has been appointed by central European real estate developer SITNO HOLDING Real Estate (SHRE) to provide support services for the launch of its first Luxembourg-domiciled real estate fund. The SHRE SITNO Adriatic Investment Fund, which is targeting a raise of EUR100m (USD107m), will invest in eight real estate development…
Windward launches with SS&C’s front-to-back solution
Windward Management LP, a Miami-based hedge fund management firm, has launched its operations with SS&C’s front-to-back-office solution. SS&C will provide fund administration, order and execution management, investor relations, compliance and regulatory services. SS&C will also support fund and investor accounting, FATCA and CRS compliance, and Form 13-F filings.
AssetMetrix hires deputy tech head
AssetMetrix, the Germany-based fintech in which BNP Paribas has a stake, has hired Vasileios Antonopoulos as deputy head of technology. He will be based in Luxembourg. He joins from RBC Investor & Treasury Services.
K2 appoints State Street for ETH ETF
K2 Asset Management has appointed State Street Australia Limited as the fund administrator in Australia for the Cosmos Purpose Ethereum Access ETF (Cboe: CPET). CPET’s underlying asset is the Purpose Ethereum ETF which is managed by Purpose Investments and quoted on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Purpose Ethereum ETF has been established to buy and…
BP2S makes senior hire for Americas
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Chris Richmond as head of the asset owner, asset manager and alternatives client lines for the Americas. He will report to Dennis Bon, head of BNP Paribas Securities Services in the Americas, Arnaud Claudon, global head of asset managers and owners, and Patrick Hayes, global head of alternative investors.…
Crestbridge names global head of governance services
Crestbridge, the C.I. based administrator, has appointed Alex Le Quesne as group head of governance services. He will be responsible for managing the operational and financial performance of its institutional governance services globally, including management company, director, client compliance, depository, trustee, appointed representative and operator services. He previously led Crestbridge’s real estate fund services team.