Waystone, the European provider of specialist services to the global asset management industry, has appointed Alaina Danley as Cayman country head. She has been at Waystone for more than 12 years.
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Arrow Global appoints SEI
Arrow Global Group Limited, a European alternative asset manager specialising in private credit and real estate, has selected SEI to support its fund administration, loan operations, and investor services for its private credit fund domiciled in Luxembourg.
Grande joins U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank has appointed Thomas Grande as an alternatives relationship manager in its global fund services business. He is based in Boston and joined from Aliter Investment Services.
Komainu wins CoinShares ETF mandate
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset service provider and custodian which is backed by Nomura, has been chosen by CoinShares as custodian for the SEC-approved CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund. CoinShares acquired Valkyrie Funds LLC earlier this year as part of its expansion into the U.S. market. This acquisition included the sponsor rights to the Valkyrie Bitcoin…
CI to be taken private
CI Financial Corp., the Canada-based manager with c. CAD518.1bn (USD368bn) in client assets, has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Mubadala Capital, the alternative asset management arm of Mubadala Investment Company, to take CI private in a transaction that values CI’s equity at c. CAD4.7bn (USD3.3bn) and implies an enterprise value of…
TIFF outsources Form PF reporting
TIFF Investment Management, a U.S.-based provider of advice and investment solutions for nonprofits and other institutional clients, has expanded its relationship with SS&C to include Form PF reporting. TIFF will outsource Form PF reporting to SS&C for all of TIFF’s >40 private funds, subject to compliance with the regulation. TIFF also uses SS&C for tax…
Waystone hires CPO
Waystone, the Europe-based provider of specialist services to the global asset management industry, has appointed Pervaiz Panjwani as chief product officer. Prior to joining Waystone, Panjwani was at Citi, where he held several global and regional senior roles across product, sales and relationship strategy in asset servicing, including co-global head of fund services, where he…
NatWest supports Beechbrook’s latest fund
NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services has been appointed as depositary provider for Beechbrook Capital LLP’s latest fund in its non-sponsored strategy, UK SME Credit IV LP. Beechbrook, a specialist direct lender founded in 2008, invests in the lower-mid market/SMEs across a range of industries in the UK and Europe through two separate debt strategies.
FundBank granted U.S. licence
FundBank, a bank for alternative asset managers, has been approved by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to operate a national bank. FundBank, N.A. is headquartered in Texas, with a relationship management office in New York. The bank will begin operations with a limited number of initial clients…
Gen II upgrades Southampton office
Gen II Fund Services an independent private capital fund administrator, has relocated its Southampton, UK office. Gen II’s Southampton team has moved to new premises with capacity for up to 300 staff. The office is a centre of excellence for fund administration technology and processes. The Southampton office came as part of Gen II’s acquisition…