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J.P. Morgan has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aumni, a provider of investment analytics software to the venture capital industry. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and closing is expected in the first half of 2023. Founded in 2018, Aumni’s proprietary data analytics engine structures, tracks and analyses legal and economic…

Accelex, the UK-based SaaS platform specialising in alternative investment data acquisition, reporting and analytics, has launched automated document acquisition capabilities, bringing speed, accuracy and efficiency in collecting and analysing data. Investors and administrators can now leverage Accelex for connectivity with document sources. Private market fund managers deliver documents to investors using a variety of channels…

U.S. Bank has launched its new ETF services in Europe, as well as signing its first client for this offering. U.S. Bank will support Horizon Kinetics’ European version of its Inflation Beneficiaries ETF, an actively managed fund that seeks to address one of the most important economic and investment drivers – inflation – by identifying…

State Street has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CF Global Trading, a firm specialising in outsourced trading on an agency basis for a variety of asset classes including equities, listed derivatives and fixed income. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms…

TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of fund administration services, has acquired PartnersAdmin LLC, a full-service fund administration provider based in the U.S. PartnersAdmin has a strong U.S. west coast footprint. Following the deal, TMF will administer more than USD215bn. The acquisition represents a further step in TMF’s expansion in the North American market, where in…

HSBC has appointed Giovanni Fenocchi as head of asset owners & managers sales for securities services across Europe, MENA and the U.S. He has spent 24 years with HSBC spanning client coverage, operations and risk, most recently as global head of issuer services. He reports to Alexis Meissner and Matt Kiraly, global co-heads of platform…

Centralis Group, Luxembourg-based provider of alternative investments and outsourced corporate services, has appointed Elizabeth Fitzgibbons as chief commercial officer. She will join the executive committee and report directly to CEO Aidan Foley. Fitzgibbons was previously head of sales for debt and capital markets at Alter Domus. She will be based in the London office.