DBS, the Singapore-based bank, is to establish a digital exchange, enabling institutional and accredited investors to tap into a fully integrated tokenisation, trading and custody ecosystem for digital assets. Singapore Exchange (SGX) will take a 10pct stake in the DBS Digital Exchange. The exchange will include: Security Token Offerings – A regulated platform for the…
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HSBC facilitates first onshore private fund investment in China
HSBC has facilitated the first onshore private fund investment via the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII/RQFII) scheme in mainland China. HSBC is the custodian, providing services including investment scope update filing, payments, and custody for this market-first transaction completed by Baring Asset Management Limited. The fund is the first…
Axxion transfers nine AIFs to CACEIS in Germany
Axxion S.A., a Luxembourg-based management company, has transferred nine of its funds to CACEIS in Germany. These funds are open-ended special AIFs, regulated under German law. CACEIS will provide depository and custody services as well as FX trading, fund execution, and execution & clearing for exchange traded derivatives. Total AuA is c. EUR1bn (USD1.2bn). Axxion…
Ireland passes bill to facilitate private capital growth
Ireland has completed a key financial services bill that has been in the works for over five years and is expected to create 3,000 jobs by 2025 while attracting up to EUR20bn per annum in global private capital. The Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 opens the door for new global private fund market entrants…
HF FS hires Monette Windsor from MUFG in Cayman
HF Fund Services, a member of the Equiom Group, has appointed Monette Windsor as director in its Cayman Islands office. HF Fund Services provides independent directors to alternative investment funds and investment management companies. Previously, she was the managing director of MUFG Alternative Fund Services (Cayman) Limited, (formerly UBS Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd).
CBRE to provide fund accounting for new GLP fund
CBRE has been selected to provide fund and property accounting services for a new U.S.-based industrial fund managed by GLP Capital Partners, one of the largest industrial real estate fund managers in the world. CBRE’s fund and property administration group offers integrated real estate design & construction accounting, property accounting and fund administration services to…
PEF launches Accounting Portal via ViewPoint
PEF, a U.S.-based fund administrator for alternative investment managers, has launched the Accounting Portal within its ViewPoint investor portal framework. The Accounting Portal offers enhanced access to the fund’s books and records as well as workflows for review and approval. ViewPoint provides alternative investment managers and their investors with direct access to data and documents,…
Crestbridge acquires Ovation FS in the U.S.
Crestbridge, the C.I.-based private equity and real estate administrator, is to acquire Ovation Fund Services, a U.S.-based provider of fund administration, accounting and reporting services to US domestic private equity and real estate funds. Ovation will become part of the Crestbridge brand from 31 December 2020 and all Ovation employees will join the global Crestbridge…
Crestbridge hires Giri Kathiravelu as head of client accounting
Crestbridge, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Girisanthan (Giri) Kathiravelu as head of client accounting, based in the UK. He will lead the team supporting Crestbridge’s alternative asset manager client base across a broad range of reporting and regulatory areas, including accounting and investor reporting. He joins from IQ-EQ.
BBVA to launch digital asset service through Switzerland
BBVA, the Spanish bank, has begun to roll out the trials of what will become its first commercial service for the trading and custody of digital assets. The new service, which will be offered through BBVA Switzerland, will make it possible to manage transactions and have deposits in bitcoin.