UI efa, a Luxembourg-based fund service provider and member of Universal Investment Group, has appointed two new members to its business development team: Emma Causevic and Pamela Valasuo.
Category: Alts
Praxis deploys Allvue
Praxis, a C.I.-based administrator, has selected Allvue as a platform provider for its fund administration business.
Citco appoints RE co-heads
Citco, the asset-servicing provider to the alternative investment sector, has appointed Michelle Clements and Joep Hamers as co-heads of real assets, Citco Fund Services. Clements, based in North America, joined Citco in 2022 as the head of North America real assets. Prior to joining Citco, she was with BNY for seven years as head of…
Fasanara launches tokenised MMF
Fasanara Capital, a London-based institutional investment manager and leader in digital finance with >USD4bn AuM, has launched its first tokenised money market fund, the Fasanara MMF Token (FAST), held on the Polygon PoS public blockchain. Developed in collaboration with Apex Group, Tokeny, Chainlink, Fireblocks, and XBTO, FAST offers investors a faster, more cost-effective, and money…
HUB wins NAV oversight mandate
HUB, the fintech that is partly backed by State Street, has won a mandate from Acer Tree Investment Management for HUB NAV Oversight, a SaaS solution designed to optimise and automate NAV processes. Acer Tree, a mid-sized UK-based asset manager specialising in alternative investments, will leverage HUB NAV Oversight to streamline its NAV oversight process.
Allvue acquires PFA
Allvue Systems, LLC, a provider of alternative investment solutions, has acquired PFA Solutions LLC, a provider of compensation and carried interest software solutions for firms across private equity, private debt and venture capital. PFA’s flagship product, FirmView, combined with Allvue’s platform, will help CFOs and finance teams streamline fund operations and accounting workflows.
Komainu raises USD75m
Komainu, a C.I.-based digital asset services provider and custodian backed by Laser Digital, a Nomura company, has raised USD75m from Blockstream Capital Partners, subject to relevant regulatory approvals. The funding enables Komainu to accelerate its international strategic growth plans whilst adopting and integrating technologies developed by Blockstream Corporation Inc to maximise efficiencies and enhance client…
Langham Hall hires for Lux
Langham Hall, the UK-based administrator, has added two senior managers in Luxembourg. Ian Kent joins from State Street as head of fund administration – Luxembourg, and Brian Campion comes in from CSC as head of commercial – Luxembourg.
NT participates in green bond project
The National University of Singapore, Northern Trust and UOB have collaborated on the launch of a first-in-market initiative aimed at tokenising green bond credentials. NUS is the first university in Singapore to implement blockchain technology for ESG reporting. The tokenisation process will focus on ensuring data integrity, providing investors with confidence that the environmental impact…
Fondaco deploys Canoe solutions
Canoe Intelligence, a platform for “smarter alts management”, has a new client engagement with Fondaco, an independent Italian asset management company with offices in Turin and Luxembourg. Fondaco has implemented Canoe Connect to automate its alternative investment document collection workflow into a centralised location and Canoe Intelligence to systematise its valuation and transaction data extraction…