Galaxy Digital Holdings, the financial services and investment management provider in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors, has completed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of GK8, an institutional digital asset custody platform, for approximately USD44m.
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Aztec supports Oakley’s Fund V
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported the mid-market private equity investor, Oakley Capital, on the final close of its fifth fund. Oakley Fund V raised EUR2.85bn (USD3bn), nearly doubling the size of its predecessor. Aztec has also been appointed to provide ongoing administration and accounting services from its Luxembourg office.
U.S. Bancorp invests in Ownera
U.S. Bancorp has joined Ownera’s Series A investment round. Ownera is a fintech working on an interoperability network for tokenized assets. Ownera aims to digitise private markets, allowing banks, asset managers and exchanges to route assets more efficiently. Other participants in the funding round include J.P. Morgan. In 2021 U.S. Bank invested in Lumint and…
Broadridge hires from BNY Mellon
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Wout Kalis as head of Asia Pacific for Broadridge Asset Management Solutions. Kalis will be responsible for advancing Broadridge’s strategic asset management priorities in Asia, driving revenue growth and product expansion. He will oversee day-to-day operations and provide senior asset management leadership in the region. Most recently, he was regional…
Leadenhall appoints Waystone
Waystone, the Ireland-based administrator, has been selected as the debt fund investment administrator for Leadenhall Capital Partners’ life and alternative credit strategies. Leadenhall was launched in 2008 and currently manages c. USD5.5bn across a range of strategies including life and non-life insurance linked securities, as well as alternative private credit. Waystone will be providing investment…
Formidium launches consulting service
Formidium, a U.S.-based provider of fund services and back-office technology solutions, has launched Razor State Consulting. Razor State addresses back-office pain points by providing businesses with financial accounting and operations support. Razor State’s services fall broadly under two categories: accounting and services for fund management companies (ManCo services), and corporate accounting and services for pre-IPO…
Altum hires Helena Morrissey as chair
Altum Group, a C.I.-based provider of fund, corporate, and family office solutions, has appointed Baroness Helena Morrissey DBE as its new group chair. Morrissey, a well-known figure in the investment management industry, has served in several leadership roles throughout her career, including 15 years as CEO of Newton Investment Management. She is currently chair of…
SS&C hires Euan Mcleod
Euan Mcleod has joined SS&C as head of transfer agency for Asia Pacific. He previously spent 10 years at State Street in Hong Kong.
Apex launches ESG DaaS platform
Apex has launched an ESG data as a service platform for the private markets. Apex has been collecting, verifying and examining private market ESG data from more than 400 GPs, and 1,500 portfolio companies in more than 45 countries since 2019, compiling a proprietary and verified ESG database for benchmarking performance. The database will include…
DZ Bank selects Metaco
Metaco, the Switzerland-based digital assets platform provider, has signed a deal with DZ BANK AG, the central institution of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken cooperative financial network, one of the largest banking groups in Germany. DZ BANK has AuC of EUR297bn (USD315bn). Metaco’s custody and orchestration platform, Harmonize, was selected by DZ BANK after an extensive proof-of-concept…