Apex has acquired the technology platform and conference business of Context365 LLC, a provider of technology and events that connects alternative asset class investors with asset managers. Context365 connects LPs and GPs through its SaaS digital networking and research platform, complementing the group’s existing digital marketing platform, Profilir. In addition, Context365 has a well-established summit…
Category: FinTech
Mesh ID partners with Eleven
Mesh ID, a Netherlands-based fintech servicing the global trust, corporate services, fund administration and fund management ecosystem, has partnered with Eleven, a fintech focused on the alternatives sector. The relationship aims to deliver all onboarding and servicing needs of the private investor industry. The partnership will integrate Mesh ID’s digital KYC/AML processes and shareable investor…
Formidium hires for tech group
Rakesh Kumar has joined Formidium (formerly Sudrania) as an EVP in the technology group. He was previously at Hitachi Vantara.
Digivault to support blackfridge’s poundtoken
Digivault, the UK-regulated digital asset custodian, has entered into a partnership with poundtoken.io, the first UK-regulated stablecoin that is 100pct backed by GBP. The recently launched stablecoin, poundtoken, is known by the ticker “GBPT”, and is issued by blackfridge, the Isle of Man-based fintech company. KPMG has been appointed as its auditors, whose monthly proof…
Hex Trust opens in Italy
Hex Trust, an Asia-based custodian of digital assets, has expanded to Europe by opening its first European office in Milan, Italy. The establishment of the first office in the EU is part of Hex Trust’s expansion strategy in Europe, in anticipation of the forthcoming implementation of the Markets in Cryptoassets (MiCA) regulation that is expected…
BNP Paribas tokenises EDF bond
BNP Paribas has structured, tokenised and distributed a bond, the proceeds of which aim at refinancing a solar energy project sponsored by EDF through its subsidiary, EDF ENR. This native digital asset, issued on the public blockchain, represents the first renewable energy bond tokenisation in the project financing market. For this transaction, the BNP Paribas…
SDX partners with F10 & Aequitec to tokenise equities
Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), the digital asset exchange and central securities depository (CSD), in partnership with F10, a fintech, and Aequitec, a digital share register and cap table company, have completed the first tokenisation of equity shares in a fully regulated CSD based on distributed ledger technology. F10 will issue its shares with the…
Coremont hires COO from State Street
Akbar Sheriff has joined Coremont, the UK-based fintech, as COO. Coremont, which was spun off from Brevan Howard in 2018, provides portfolio management technology and support across all investment management and trading functions. Its flagship software, Clarion, provides risk analytics and data across all asset classes, including rates, fixed income, credit, FX, equities, commodities and,…
PFS wins new platform mandate in Bermuda
Pacific Fund Systems, the Isle of Man-based portfolio platform provider, has been selected by Kensington Fund Services Ltd, a newly established fund administrator based in Bermuda, for the PFS-PAXUS fund administration system for its third-party fund administration business operations. Pacific Fund Systems has a client base with >USD1trn of assets on PFS-PAXUS. Graham MacDonald, Managing…
Broadridge appoints new CTO
Broadridge Financial Solutions, a U.S.-based fintech provider, has appointed Tyler Derr as chief technology officer. He will be responsible for overseeing Broadridge’s global technology teams, including enterprise-wide software engineering, product delivery, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and technology operations. Derr will report to CEO Tim Gokey. He has been with Broadridge for 10 years. Derr succeeds John…