Waystone has supported the launch of the Invenomic US Equity Long/Short UCITS Fund on the MontLake UCITS Platform ICAV. The fund was launched with USD35m AuM.
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Rob Childs joins CSC
Rob Childs has joined CSC Global Financial Markets as a business development director in its London office. Childs (previously Helszajn) joins from Prescient, where he was head of business development. CSC recently acquired PEF Services in the U.S., as well as expanding its product range in Ireland and Luxembourg.
Marlin appoints Apex
Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration and accounting services to Marlin Capital Partners, headquartered in Nassau. Apex, and its subsidiary Throgmorton, will provide outsourced ManCo, middle office, and fund administration services. The appointment comes ahead of the launch of Marlin’s Dauntless Fund, which will focus on arbitrage opportunities within the digital asset space.
Carne acquires 3D
Carne Group, the Ireland-based provider of fund support services, has acquired Distributor Due Diligence Ltd (3D), a fintech provider that enables fund managers and intermediaries to conduct due diligence on their fund distributors and institutional clients.
State Street combines FX platforms
State Street has combined its FX execution and post-trade platforms – FXConnect, Currenex and TradeNeXus – into a single platform, GlobalLink FX.
Northern Trust & Emerald to deploy Broadridge Private Market Hub
Northern Trust and Emerald Technology Ventures have agreed to deploy the Broadridge Private Market Hub to improve visibility and reduce transaction friction to interact in real-time for Guernsey-domiciled funds. The hub, which was originally developed by Northern Trust, was transferred to Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. in 2019. It uses DLT to help solve the challenge…
Apex to administer Midtown’s RE portfolio
Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration services to Midtown Capital Partners LLC, a U.S.-based real estate investment firm focused on acquiring properties in the office, retail, industrial, and multifamily markets. Midtown has executed more than USD500m in acquisitions in the past five years, with a current portfolio valued at USD800m.
Sanne appoints new head of Ireland
Sanne, the UK-listed provider of alternative asset and corporate business services that is in the process of being taken over by Apex, has appointed Graeme Rate as head of Ireland. He joined Sanne in 2016 to lead the South Africa and Malta businesses, and will relocate to Dublin.
BP2S upgrades FX services in APAC
An automated FX solution implemented by BNP Paribas Securities Services for Northcape Capital, an Australian fund manager, provides a new way for asset managers to manage FX transactions involving multiple financial services providers. BP2S was appointed by Northcape Capital to manage the FX execution of a range of developed market currencies across its portfolio of…
Northern Trust hires in Switzerland
Northern Trust has appointed Neda Derlokova as a business development manager in Switzerland. This follows Northern Trust’s regulatory approval earlier this year to offer local custodian, depositary, transfer agency and ancillary services to institutional investors and managers in the Swiss market. Derlokova joins from CACEIS.