JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported Gresham House with the launch of the British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund II LP (BSIF II), with JTC appointed to provide governance, company secretarial, fund administration and accounting support. BSIF II, which has a target size of GBP500m (USD675m), will invest in sustainable infrastructure in the UK. The fund will…
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IQ-EQ hires new IoM head
IQ-EQ has appointed Simon Scott as managing director for the Isle of Man. Prior to joining IQ-EQ, he was Isle of Man country head for Barclays Bank.
Bosonic hires Jason Nabi as CRO
Bosonic, a U.S.-based decentralised financial market infrastructure (dFMI) business with a real-time clearing and settlement service for crypto and digital assets, has hired Jason Nabi as chief revenue officer, a newly created position. Nabi reports into Bosonic CEO Rosario Ingargiola. Nabi has worked at Euroclear, HSBC, BNP Paribas and SGSS, and was most recently an…
UnionBank to implement METACO Harmonize
METACO, a provider of security-critical software and infrastructure to the digital asset ecosystem, has announced that Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) is implementing its digital asset management services. UnionBank will leverage Harmonize, METACO’s digital asset orchestration system, to manage its digital asset operations. Harmonize enables institutions to manage a range of end-to-end digital asset…
Gemini acquires Omniex
Gemini, the crypto firm founded by the Winklevoss brothers, has acquired Omniex, a trading technology platform that provides order, execution, and portfolio management system solutions for institutional crypto trading. Omniex was founded by CEO Hu Liang and chief strategy officer John Burnett, both of whom worked at State Street. As part of this acquisition, the…
Anchorage Digital hires CRO
Anchorage Digital Bank, America’s first federally chartered digital asset bank, has appointed Rachel Anderika as its first chief risk officer. Aderika, who worked at the OCC as a bank examiner, was most recently at Promontory Financial Group, a bank regulatory consulting firm owned by IBM. She helped found Promontory’s digital assets risk and compliance team,…
IQ-EQ establishes hybrid funds desk
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, has launched a hybrid funds desk. The new desk will provide the expanding hybrid funds market with a dedicated, globally integrated team with expertise across open-ended and closed-ended fund structures. Hybrid funds – which provide fund managers with the flexibility to invest in a range of asset classes and…
Colmore hires three seniors
Colmore, a Preqin company that provides services and technology for private market LPs and allocators, has made three senior hires. Dominic Critchley has joined as co-head of fund accounting (EU). He was previously head of investment accounting for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. He will work alongside Veronica Harris, who has been promoted to co-head…
Tokeny partners with Inveniam
Tokeny, the Luxembourg-based tokenisation platform that is backed by Euronext., has formed a partnership with Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc., a U.S.-based SaaS company delivering trust, transparency and completeness of data to private market assets. The partnership includes a EUR5m (USD5.7m) investment by Inveniam, Apex, and K20 Fund. The partnership aims to fully unlock asset liquidity…
Framework rebrands as daappa
Framework, the private equity platform provider, has rebranded as daappa (pronounced “dapper”), which stands for data, accounting and administration platform for private assets.