Centaur Fund Services, the Ireland-based administrator, has appointed Louise Lawlor as group chief financial officer. She is based in Dublin. Prior to joining Centaur, Lawlor worked at Key Capital, an Irish wealth, investment and corporate advisory firm, where she advised financial services businesses on mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and other strategic initiatives.
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Northern Trust adds reporting functionality to Front Office Solutions
Northern Trust has released two new reporting capabilities – valuation status and advanced client reporting – for its Front Office Solutions clients. The new FOS valuation status tool enables institutional investors to more accurately measure current portfolio values and issues alerts when prices are updated. The advanced client reporting tool allows users to customise report…
Sanne hires Keith Miller as global head of private debt
Sanne, the UK-listed provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services, has appointed Keith Miller as the global head of private debt. Based in London, he will be responsible for building the private debt and loan agency product offering. Miller joins from Global Loan Agency Services Limited and Nomura International Plc. Sanne’s private debt business…
Aztec appointed to administer Deutsche Private Equity’s latest fund
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, been appointed to administer Deutsche Private Equity’s EUR1bn Fund IV. Aztec will provide administration, reporting and investor services to the fund from its offices in Jersey, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Aztec also administers DPE’s Fund II and Fund III Established in 2007 and with >EUR2bn AuM, DPE is an independent…
Crestbridge hires Aaron Bird for business PE development role
Crestbridge, a provider of private equity and real estate administration solutions, has appointed Aaron Bird as associate director of business development. Based in Jersey, Bird is responsible for growth, client acquisition and business development, focusing on mid-cap fund managers in the global private equity and venture capital space. Bird was previously an independent consultant.
Mainstream launches PE services in AsPac with KDB as first client
Mainstream Fund Services, an Australian administrator, has launched its private equity solution in Asia-Pacific. Mainstream has signed Korea Development Bank Asia Limited as its first client in the region, administering KDBA’s Cayman fund in Hong Kong.
RBC to service Presima’s real estate yield fund
RBC Investor Services has been appointed to provide custody and administration services for the Presima Yield Fund. Headquartered in Montreal, Presima focuses on real estate securities, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MLC Asset Management.
Apex to provide admin and depositary services for Melior
Apex Group has been appointed to provide fund administration and depositary services to the debut fund of Melior Equity Partners. Melior was launched in early 2020 following the completion of a spin-out of the investment team from The Carlyle Group’s Irish activities. The fund has recently held a first close for its Luxembourg domiciled debut…
Frans Annokkee joins CACEIS in the Netherlands
CACEIS has appointed Frans Annokkee as a senior business development manager in the Netherlands. In this role he shares responsibility for asset managers, funds, private equity, real estate and private debt. Prior to this, Annokkee worked at Pictet Asset Management.
Apex appointed as administrator for UK’s Preservation Capital
Apex, the Bermuda-based administrator, has been appointed to provide fund administration services to Preservation Capital Partners, a UK-based mid-market private equity investor. Preservation Capital, a specialist investor in the asset-light financial services sector, recently announced the closing of its debut fund, Preservation Capital Partners Fund I, at its hard cap of GBP309m (USD400m).