Category: Alts

Crestbridge, the C.I.-based alternatives administrator, has appointed David Bridger as head of its Southampton, UK office. He will be responsible for overseeing and enhancing the operational expertise provided through the business’s expanding office in Southampton, Crestbridge’s central hub for specialist fund accounting, processes and development. Prior to joining Crestbridge Bridger worked for Aztec Group, overseeing…

IQ-EQ has added a new participant to its Launchpad programme: Impact Fund for African Creatives (IFFAC). The first of its kind, IFFAC is an impact investor focused on identifying and supporting top creative talent in Africa. IFFAC’s mission is to empower the creative sector of Africa through structuring, facilitating and enabling entities in the creative…

SimCorp, a Europe-based provider of SaaS investment management solutions, has implemented a range of strategic data partnerships. SimCorp has agreements with Cambridge Associates (in collaboration with IHS Markit) and Preqin, and has now signed on to PitchBook, a financial data and software company providing global business professionals with data on the private and public markets…

As part of its Launchpad initiative, IQ-EQ is supporting Fost Capital, a start-up French manager, with the launch of its maiden fund. Fost Capital is a female-led venture capital fund focusing on regulated businesses in areas such as fintech, legaltech and insurtech. Launchpad aims to rebalance the gender imbalance in the global asset management industry…

Formidium, the U.S.-based administrator (formerly Sudrania), has entered the real estate fund administration space. Leveraging its Seamless Drawdown software application, Formidium has developed Seamless Real Estate, a real estate fund accounting platform. Seamless RE’s capabilities include property-level operational and financial data integration, a general ledger accounting system which includes automated waterfall calculations, customised reporting capabilities,…

MJ Hudson, the UK-based solutions provider to the asset management industry, has introduced a new custody benchmarking service specifically for clients investing in digital assets. The new service will benchmark the capabilities of major custodians for key themes across digital asset custody provision, including strategy and commitment, digital asset coverage, fraud prevention, private key management,…

3iQ Digital Asset Management has joined forces with Coinbase and Tetra Trust Company in an effort to expand the exchange-traded product ecosystem for digital assets in Canada and generate further interest from the investment community. As part of the agreement, Coinbase and Tetra will act as custodians for 3iQ’s ETPs, including the 3iQ CoinShares Bitcoin…

JTC has been appointed to provide fund administration services for Avistone’s Strategic Fund I. Founded in 2013, Avistone is a commercial real estate investment firm specialising in the acquisition and operation of multi-tenant industrial and hotel properties. To date, Avistone has acquired and managed more than 4m square feet of flex/industrial properties and more than…