Waystone, a European provider of specialist services to the asset management industry, is set to acquire BIL Manage Invest, a ManCo, from Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) Group, subject to regulatory approval. Waystone’s acquisition of BIL Manage Invest will increase its AuM in Luxembourg by c. 15pct. The acquisition will also support Waystone’s long-term strategic…
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Passthrough integrates with Salesforce
Passthrough has integrated with Salesforce to connect the CRM to investor onboarding workflow. Clients using Salesforce can automate investor invites, pre-populate investor data, track real-time status updates, and sync completed documents, without any R&D work.
Citi & SDX collaborate on private assets
Citi and SDX are collaborating on a project for global issuers and investors. Citi will be tokenising, settling and safekeeping assets on SDX’s digital CSD platform and will bring late-stage pre-IPO equities to institutional and eligible investors on the platform. Expected to be live by the third quarter of 2025, Citi and SDX are developing…
Northern Trust joins Ensemble
Northern Trust has joined Project Ensemble, a Hong Kong Monetary Authority initiative, to help develop an experimental framework for cross-border trading of digital carbon credits. The collaboration aims to explore how overseas investors can access tokenised voluntary carbon credits traded in Hong Kong. The project will be supported by the Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem, a…
Ultimus hires fund services chief
Ultimus Fund Solutions, an independent provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has appointed Teresa Connors as executive vice president, fund services. Connors will oversee the fund accounting, financial administration, tax, and portfolio compliance teams. She was most recently at State Street.
Northern Trust wins ECO mandate
Northern Trust has entered into a service agreement with UK-based Ecosystem Certification Organisation (ECO) to provide recordkeeping and settlement services for digital carbon credit units issued to project developers under the Natural Forest Standard (NFS), which is administered and governed by ECO. Under the agreement, Northern Trust will record the Natural Capital Credits generated by…
DTCC hires from BNY
DTCC has appointed Talia Klein as head of wealth management services, reporting to Brian Steele, president, clearing & securities services at DTCC. Klein will oversee the firm’s wealth management services organisation, with responsibility for mutual fund offerings, Insurance and retirement services, and alternative investment products. Prior to DTCC, she was BNY’s head of tokenisation where…
SS&C wins Singapore mandate
Aquilius Investment Partners, a Singapore-based investment manager focused on the secondaries market in Asia Pacific, has appointed SS&C GlobeOp as a fund administrator.
PE firms load up on admin
25APR25: Two private equity investments: GTCR and Stone Point Capital, both private equity firms, have signed a definitive agreement for Stone Point to join GTCR as an investor in Ultimus Fund Solutions, a U.S.-based provider of fund administration services and solutions. In conjunction with funds managed by Stone Point, GTCR Fund XIV will reinvest in…
Alter Domus adds to client partnership team
Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based provider of fund services for the private equity, real assets and private debt sectors, has expanded its key client partnerships team, appointing Kenny King as head of key client partnerships, North America, and Jane Karczewski as head of key client partnerships, EMEA. King joins from BNY, where he was global head…