SIX Digital Exchange has appointed David Newns as CEO, replacing Tim Grant, who is moving to Galaxy Digital. Newns joins from State Street, where he was global head of GlobalLink Execution Services, which includes the FXConnect and Currenex trading platforms.
Category: Alts
Langham Hall supports Coniston Capital’s maiden fund
Langham Hall has supported Coniston Capital, a UK-based private equity investor, with the launch of its maiden fund, Coniston Capital I LP, which has initially closed at GBP24m (USD33m). Langham Hall has been appointed to provide administration and accounting services from its London office.
Ocorian promotes Charlotte Cruickshank to global head of fund onboarding & solutions
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has promoted Charlotte Cruickshank to global head of fund onboarding and solutions. Based in Jersey, she will oversee fund services for private equity, venture capital, real estate, and infrastructure fund managers, reporting to Mike Hughes, global head of service lines and business development. She joined Ocorian in 2018.
Preqin acquires Colmore
Preqin, the UK-based provider of alternative assets data, analytics and insights, has acquired Colmore, a private markets technology, services, and administration business. Colmore’s solutions include LP portfolio monitoring, analytics, fee tracking and validation, and fund administration services for its allocator clients. Colmore monitors more than 3,000 private market funds and more than 40,000 holdings.
CBI approves Crestbridge for fund admin
Crestbridge, the C.I.-based provider of private equity and real estate administration, has received regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Ireland to provide fund administration services in Ireland. Crestbridge opened an office in Dublin earlier this year, and the CBI approval is in anticipation of client demand for ILP fund servicing.
Centaur appoints new global head of business development
Centaur Fund Services, the Ireland-based alternatives fund administrator, has appointed Michael Marisca as global head of business development. Based in Centaur’s U.S. headquarters in New York, Marisca will report to Des Johnson, CEO of Centaur U.S. He joins from RS Metrics.
HomeCo appoints Equity Trustees as custodian for AUD650m REIT
Home Consortium has announced plans to list its new healthcare focused REIT, HealthCo Healthcare and Wellness REIT, on the ASX after raising AUD650m (USD477m). Equity Trustees has been appointed as custodian for the listed fund and currently acts as custodian for the HomeCo Daily Needs REIT.
Apex hires two PA specialists for Asia Pacific & Australia
Apex has appointed Andrea Gallenca as head of private market sales for Australia, based in Sydney, and Prakash Kharel as head of real estate, Asia Pacific. Gallenca was head of sales at Alter Domus Australia. Kharel joins Apex in Singapore from Revantage Asia, provider of corporate services to Blackstone’s real estate investment structures and investment…
GK8 partners with Securrency
GK8, an Israel-based cybersecurity and digital asset custodian, has partnered with fintech company Securrency to provide banking clients with institutional-grade blockchain services. The partnership centres around GK8’s enterprise-grade custody solutions, which will become available to Securrency’s clients as it builds its tokenisation infrastructure. Securrency’s main focus is tokenising real-world assets such as stocks, commodities and…
Apex acquires Greenough Consulting Group in U.S.
Apex has acquired Greenough Consulting Group (GCG), a U.S.-based provider of finance, accounting, and human resources services to technology companies, venture capital and private equity funds. GCG’s client base is evenly split between start-ups or midmarket corporates, and venture capital and private equity funds.