Zodia Custody, the UK-based crypto custodian owned by Standard Chartered and operated in association with Northern Trust, has registered its Irish unit with Luxembourg’s financial regulator, CSSF. The registration will allow Zodia to provide digital asset custody services in Luxembourg.
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Tygrow appoints EFA
EFA, the Luxembourg-based administrator owned by Universal Investment, has been appointed by Tygrow to provide administration and accounting for its funds. To date, four private equity and real estate funds with more than 100 investors have been launched by Tygrow, valued by EFA. Tygrow is an independent management company based in France.
Formidium launches private markets platform
Formidium, the U.S.-based administrator, has launched Private Fund Admin, a technology platform that it claims will streamline the private fund administration process. Private Fund Admin aims to address the complexities associated with unique structures (cross-border and single/multiple LLC structures), the wide range of private fund administration services (fund setup, ongoing operation/administration solutions, investor KYC/AML, NAV…
Constellation selects Precision LM
Constellation Insurance, a U.S.-based insurer, has selected SS&C Precision LM for its commercial mortgage portfolio. Precision LM loan origination and servicing software will support pipeline tracking, loan servicing, accounting, asset management and regulatory reporting.
Singlife to deploy front-to-back solution
Singlife, the Singapore-based financial services provider, has appointed Citi and BlackRock Aladdin to provide a technology platform to unify its asset management capabilities across its front, middle and back-office. The selection process began with a tender for 11 different front-office and back-office partners, with a total of 28 different combinations assessed. The final selection was…
Apex hires chair for Mauritius
Apex has appointed Rama Sithanen as an independent director and chair of its companies in Mauritius. Apex companies in Mauritius are Apex Financial Services (Mauritius) Ltd, Apex Fund Services (Mauritius) Ltd and Apex Fund and Corporate Services (Mauritius) Ltd. Sithanen was minister of finance between 1991 and 1995. He was deputy prime minister and minister…
IQ-EQ hires global head of asset owners
IQ-EQ has appointed Ilias Georgopoulos as global head of private and institutional asset owners. He was previously CEO of Credit Suisse’s MultiConcept Fund Management SA in Luxembourg. Based in Luxembourg, he reports to IQ-EQ’s group chief commercial officer, Emma Crabtree.
BNY Mellon appoints global head of operations
BNY Mellon has hired Richard Gordon as global head of operations. Based in the UK, Gordon will report to Alejandro Perez, who recently assumed overall oversight responsibility for operations in addition to his existing role as CAO. Gordon was most recently global head of securities services operations and network management at J.P. Morgan, where he…
Redwheel adopts EDS ESG solution
Redwheel, a UK-based asset manager with c. USD19bn AuM, has adopted the data aggregation tool developed by Equity Data Science to enhance ESG integration across its investment business. Northern Trust took a stake in EDS in 2021 and jointly launched an ESG workflow solution that allows investors to access and share ESG information. The data…
Aztec adds senior trio to U.S. team
Aztec Group has appointed Ore Adegbotolu, Dan Kalish and David Naab to new leadership roles in the U.S., where it established a presence in 2021 to provide fund and corporate accounting and administration services to the private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, real estate and private debt sectors. Adegbotolu is appointed head of U.S. markets, transferring…