Apex Group has acquired BEST Alternative Advisory Services, an India-based financial services provider. BEST will add AuA of USD30bn to the Apex Group, and an additional 35 employees based in Mumbai, India. BEST delivers fund services for open and closed-ended fund client profiles including private equity, fund of funds, mutual funds, managed accounts and hedge…
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AssetMetrix hires in UK
AssetMetrix, the Germany-based fintech, has appointed Clifford Norton as head of business development for the UK & Ireland. Norton was previously at Allvue Systems.
Gareth McKeon joins Gen II
Gareth McKeon has joined Gen II Fund Services in Luxembourg. He was previously at State Street. Gen II is thought to be the largest independent private capital administrator, with USD650bn AuA.
SS&C to provide risk analytics for new bitcoin fund
ProFunds, a mutual fund provider with c. USD60bn AuM, has appointed SS&C to provide 18f-4 risk analytics for its BitCoin Strategy ProFund. ProFunds claims that this is the first publicly available U.S. mutual fund whose investment results generally correspond to the performance of bitcoin, before fees and expenses.
Komainu appoints new CEO
Komainu, a C.I.-based regulated institutional-grade digital asset custody services provider with >USD5bn AuC, has appointed Matthew Chamberlain as its CEO. For the past five years, Chamberlain has served as CEO of the London Metal Exchange, Komainu was founded in 2018 as a joint venture between Nomura, digital asset security firm Ledger, and digital asset investment…
LemonEdge raises USD4m
LemonEdge, the provider of an accounting platform for the private capital industry, has completed a USD4m funding round, led by Blackstone Innovation Investments with participation from existing investors. The financing increases capital raised to date to USD7m, all within the first year of launch.
Apex appoints new Bermuda MD
Apex has appointed Keith Mahon as managing director, Bermuda. Established in 2003, Bermuda was the location of Apex’s first office. Mahon returns to Apex after a period of self-employment. Ross Webber, the previous incumbent, has left the company.
Catalyst hires MD for fund services
Catalyst, a Cayman-based administrator, has appointed Rossana de Maio as managing director – fund services. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Catalyst’s latest office, she will be responsible for developing and running the firm’s global fund services operations, covering five jurisdictions and accounting for over 150 clients with USD8bn AuA. She joins from the Bahia Group,…
Universal-Investment wins EUR4.5bn ManCo mandate
Universal-Investment has been appointed as the new ManCo for the Luxembourg fund portfolio of Switzerland’s Fisch Asset Management. The Fisch Umbrella Fund, with AuC of c. EUR4.5bn (USD5.1bn), covers 13 UCITS sub-funds which include corporate bond, convertible bond and absolute return funds. RBC Investor Services Bank remains responsible for fund administration, custody and transfer agency.…
IQ-EQ hires global head of transformation
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, has appointed Frédérik Benoit as global head of transformation, a new role. Benoit, who will be based in Luxembourg, joins from Standard Chartered, where he was global head of fiduciary & fund services operations. IQ-EQ has recently been adding to its senior management team, with a new COO, CIO…