Northern Trust has launched the Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem with the first live transactions on the blockchain-based platform which enables institutional buyers to digitally access carbon credits from leading project developers. The transactions were initiated by Water Recovery Systems IP Limited and CUT Carbon Distributed Technologies AG, which sold carbon credits to institutional buyers for…
Category: Alts
Ultimus partners with Cascata
Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions, which services nearly 220 alternative managers with USD235bn AuA, has formed a partnership with Cascata Solutions, the provider of automated distribution waterfall and management solutions, to launch uWaterfall. uWaterfall elevates carried interest and fee management through data transfer, automated high-precision waterfall calculations, and full-formula transparency.
IQ-EQ hires for UAE
IQ-EQ has appointed Joe Ives as commercial director in the UAE. He previously worked at TMF and, briefly, CBD Corporate Services.
SEI passes alts milestone
SEI has reported that it has surpassed USD1.5trn in alternative assets under administration in its investment managers business, which services private equity, private credit, venture capital, hedge, real estate, and infrastructure funds.
CAIS hires CTO
CAIS, the U.S.-based provider of an alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, has appointed Kan Kotecha as chief technology officer. He will lead a team of engineers across the entire CAIS platform with a focus on defining and building a unified operating system that will provide scale and simplification to the entire alternative investment…
Warburg Pincus invests in Aztec
Aztec Group, a C.I.-based alternative fund and corporate services provider, has added Warburg Pincus as a strategic partner, which will see Warburg Pincus as both a minority shareholder and client of the group. This investment, subject to the relevant regulatory approvals, will support Aztec’s expansion as it moves beyond Europe to become a global player…
Collett joins Citco
Mark Collett has joined Citco as an SVP, business development, based in the UK. Collett spent over 12 years at Northern Trust, most recently as head of South East Asia business development.
Waystone wins CLO ETF mandate
Fair Oaks Capital, a UK-based corporate credit manager, has received approval from CSSF, the Luxembourg regulator, to launch what is believed to be the first European-domiciled, Euro-denominated CLO ETF. Fair Oaks plans to list the ETF on Deutsche Börse Xetra and the London Stock Exchange shortly. Waystone has been appointed as the ManCo.
Apex hires for Africa
Apex has appointed Claude Harvey as head of business development, Mauritius and Africa. He previously spent almost six years at Maitland, acquired by Apex in 2023, and has been based in Mauritius for almost ten years.
UI wins major ManCo mandate
Intesa Sanpaolo Wealth Management, the newly established Luxembourg wealth management branch of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, has appointed Universal Investment Group as ManCo for its UCITS SICAV portfolio in Luxembourg. UI efa will act as central administrator, and the Spuerkeess, a Luxembourg-based savings bank, as the custodian. The SICAV portfolio has been migrated to the…