Apex Group, the Bermuda-based administrator, has made three senior appointments in Luxembourg. Frederic Bilas joins as COO – Luxembourg, following a decade as director of operations at European Fund Administration. Bilas will report directly to group COO, Chris Mulhern. Ramón van Heusden also joins the Luxembourg team as head of real estate. This appointment follows…
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SS&C appoints co-heads of Advent as Robert Roley departs
SS&C has appointed Karen Geiger and Steve Leivent as co-heads of SS&C Advent. Geiger will manage the SS&C Advent asset management and alternatives solutions portfolio. She most recently led a team of 300 technologists as chief development officer. Leivent will manage SS&C Advent’s advisory focused business which includes more than 2,000 clients using several solutions,…
Archer hires Diana Russillo as director of product & technology
Archer, a U.S.-based technology services provider to the asset management industry, has hired Diana Russillo in a newly created role as director of product & technology. Joining from Cartesian, Russillo will work with asset managers to accelerate technology-related aspects of their growth plans, manage select testing aspects of Archer’s continuous-deployment technology process, and assist clients…
Gen II adds Marty Dobbins and Chris Edge to Luxembourg board
Gen II Luxembourg Services SARL, the Luxembourg-based business of Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based private equity administrator, has added Marty Dobbins and Chris Edge to its board of directors. Dobbins is the CEO and founder of Sage Advisory, s.a.r.l, an advisory firm, and was formerly CEO & country head for State Street’s European and…
SANNE appoints Catherine Law to head Asia bus dev
SANNE, the UK-listed provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Catherine Law as head of business development for Asia. Based in SANNE’s Hong Kong office, Law joins from Apex, where she was head of sales for alternative fund services in greater China.
Rod Cooper and Tim Wood launch new consulting firm
Two veterans of the asset servicing industry, Rod Cooper and Tim Wood, have launched a UK-based consulting practice, Cooper Wood & Associates. The aim of the business, which will focus on the asset servicing sector, is to add measurable financial improvements to clients’ businesses. Cooper Wood will consult on operational and supplier efficiencies, revenue protection,…
Sudrania launches admin platform for digital assets
Sudrania Fund Services has launched Seamless Crypto, its fund administration platform designed specifically to handle the unique operational needs of digital assets. Seamless Crypto allows investment managers to fully outsource their fund administration and back-office operations via a cloud-based solution, and provides all the functionality needed to manage cryptocurrency funds.
TMF to acquire IQ-NEXUS
TMF Group has announced plans to IQ-NEXUS, a corporate services firm based in the Netherlands, subject to regulatory approval.
BNY Mellon launches new data & analytics solutions
BNY Mellon has launched three new data and analytics solutions offerings: Data Vault is a cloud-based data and analytics platform that supports the rapid onboarding of data to provide greater flexibility and accelerate client innovation and discovery. Combining this with a scalable, machine-learning approach to data quality, users can more quickly and easily interact with…
HSBC launches UK TA product
HSBC Securities Services has launched its UK transfer agency business, servicing both retail and institutional investors, supported by a new Edinburgh-based operation with 80 staff managing back-office processing and contact centre functions. The UK becomes the thirteenth market where HSS offers transfer agency.