Equity Trustees, the Australia-based provider of administration services, has been appointed responsible entity (trustee) and custodian for the Metrics Direct Income Fund, managed by Metrics Credit Partners, an Australian non-bank corporate lender and alternative asset manager specialising in origination and active management of private debt portfolios. The fund seeks to provide monthly cash income, capital…
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Hex Trust raises USD88m
Hex Trust, an Asia-based digital asset custodian with >USD5bn AuC, has closed its Series B funding round of USD88m. The funding round was co-led by Animoca Brands and Liberty City Ventures. The new funding will be used to expand in Europe and the Middle East, obtain additional licences, continue development and innovation, and enhance new…
Gen II acquires Update Capital
Gen II Fund Services, LLC, a U.S.-based fund administrator in the alternatives investment market, has acquired Update Capital, a Canada-based provider of investment management technology solutions for the real estate market. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Update Capital provides an automated, cloud-based solution for real estate sponsors to manage their assets and investors.
Perennial appoints Apex for new fund
Apex has been appointed by Perennial Partners to provide fund administration services to Perennial Private Ventures Fund. The fund is aiming to raise AUD200m (USD145m) to invest in high growth private businesses. The launch of the fund follows the success of Perennial’s three existing private to public fund strategies – also administered by Apex –…
IQ-EQ to support African impact firm
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has been appointed to provide fund administration services to EG Capital, an East African impact investment firm headquartered in Mauritius with offices in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia.
New Forests appoints Apex for new fund
Apex has been appointed by New Forests to provide fund services to Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2). New Forests, an Australia-based investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, has AUD7.8bn (USD5.8bn) AuM across 1.1 million hectares (2.7 million acres) of investments. New Forests announced the first close of TAFF2 with USD120m…
IQ-EQ names new Americas head
Michael Passmore has been named as IQ-EQ’s head of debt, capital markets & corporates for the Americas, a new role. Passmore joined Blue River, part of the IQ-EQ Group, in 2014.
State Street licenses Copper.co technology
State Street Digital, State Street’s dedicated digital division, has entered into a licensing agreement with Copper.co, a UK-based provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading infrastructure. State Street Digital will leverage Copper.co’s technology to develop and, subject to receipt of regulatory and other approvals, launch an institutional grade digital custody offering where clients can…
SGSS wins RE depositary mandate
SGSS has been appointed as depositary for five AIFs managed by SOFIDY for a total of EUR3.7bn AuM. A subsidiary of Tikehau Capital, SOFIDY is an investor in the consumer real estate fund market with EUR7.6bn AuM. In 2021, SOFIDY launched SCP Sofidy Europe Invest, for which SGSS now provides depositary services, as well as…
SS&C launches new fund platform
SS&C has launched GoCentral, a platform to optimise its fund administration offering. The intelligent web platform leverages AI and BPR in an exception management-based approach to front, middle and back-office services. GoCentral is an integrated and intelligent, next-generation fund administration platform – a single unified platform to access the information and systems needed to manage…