State Street has agreed to acquire U.S.-based Mercatus, Inc., a front-and-middle-office solutions and data management provider for private market managers. The transaction is expected to be completed in September, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms are not being disclosed. State Street intends to offer a fully integrated platform for growing private market segments including…
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TMF appoints new bus dev head for UK & Ireland
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based administrator, has appointed Yvette van Loon as the market head of business development in the UK and Ireland. She joined TMF Group in 2006, and will move to London from France later in the year. She will report to Pamela Valasuo, head of business development for the international region, with a…
Grayscale adds BNY Mellon as key servicing provider
Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager with >USD30bn AuM, has selected BNY Mellon as an asset servicing provider for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, its flagship product. BNY Mellon will provide Grayscale Bitcoin Trust with fund accounting and administration effective October 1, 2021. Additionally, it is anticipated that BNY Mellon will provide transfer agency…
Apex to acquire German administrator
Apex Group is to acquire mola-administration GmbH, a fund administrator based in Germany. mola-administration serves private equity firms, venture capital, debt, special situations and digital assets funds, with AuA of EUR3.5bn.
NPS renews agreement with State Street
The National Pension Service of Korea, the world’s third largest pension fund, has renewed its service agreement with State Street, which will continue to provide back-office and middle-office services for the NPS’ global equity and alternatives portfolios which have KRW222trn (USD195bn) and KRW49trn (USD43bn) AuM respectively. State Street has been providing custody, fund accounting, performance…
Covario to deploy METACO Harmonize
Covario, an independent prime broker for digital asset managers based in Switzerland, has selected METACO Harmonize as its digital asset orchestration engine. Harmonize acts as the overarching policy layer to ensure oversight and management of Covario’s operations, coupled with a single point of integration for its various internal systems. Covario offers trade execution services including…
InvestX appoints Great Lakes for investor services
Great Lakes Fund Solutions, a U.S.-based administrator for alternative investment fund sponsors, has been appointed to provide investor services for InvestX, a North American marketplace delivering access and liquidity to the private equity asset class through investments in pre-IPO companies on its trading platform, lnvestX GEM.
Aztec supports Nordic Capital’s new EUR1.2bn fund
Aztec, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported Nordic Capital, a private equity firm and longstanding client, on the first and final close of its Evolution Fund at >EUR1.2bn (USD1.4bn). Aztec has been appointed to provide ongoing administration, financial reporting, depositary and investor services to the fund.
Apex to add loan admin & ESG services to i80 mandate
Apex has been appointed by i80 Group, a U.S.-based investment firm that provides companies with bespoke financing solutions, to deliver loan administration and ESG ratings & advisory services, in addition to its existing fund administration mandate.
Mainspring to service new VC fund for Redrice
Mainspring Fund Services, aUK-based administrator, has been appointed as fund administrator for Redrice Venture’s new limited partnership VC fund. Redrice, a seed stage venture fund, already has a managed account fund structure supported by Mainspring, and has now closed its first institutional LP fund with Mainspring as fund administrator.