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Perennial Partners, an Australian asset manager, has retained SS&C for unit registry services. SS&C will provide a range of services to Perennial’s investors across all fund types, including active ETFs, unlisted and dual-listed funds, and private equity. Previously, SS&C serviced unlisted and dual-listed funds for Perennial Partners. After a market evaluation process, Perennial expanded its…

iCapital, the fintech platform supporting the world’s alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry, is to acquire Mirador, a provider of investment data aggregation and financial reporting across both alternative and traditional investments, Mirador’s services include consolidated financial reporting, private investment support, offline and alternative investment data management, K-1 document management, and compensation management…

The Maples Group has been appointed by Chicago Global Capital Pte. Ltd. to provide fund administration services for its Cayman Islands-domiciled hedge fund. Chicago Global will be primarily serviced from Maples’ Singapore office, where the team will be providing fund administration services including cross-jurisdictional AML/KYC compliance, financial statement preparation, investor services and fund accounting. Chicago…

Centralis, a Luxembourg-based alternative asset and corporate services provider, is to acquire YLP Group, a corporate services provider based in Luxembourg. YLP is an Ordre des Experts-Comptables licenced business that provides services to alternative fund clients, primarily real estate and private equity structures, as well as multinational corporates.

BNY Mellon has been appointed as administrator for the Eagle Capital Select ETF, the first ETF launched by Eagle Capital Management, a U.S. manager with USD20bn AuM. The launch is notable because Eagle converted a USD1.8bn separately managed account (SMA) to create the ETF, thought to be the largest such conversion to date. Eagle used…

Dorothy Hamilton has joined M&G, the UK asset manager, as director of supplier management. She was previously global head of securities services operations for HSBC, based in Edinburgh. In 2023 Richard Godfrey, formerly co-head of HSBC’s securities services business, joined M&G as COO of the asset management business. Earlier in 2024 HSBC hired Mitesh Sharma…

Kraken Institutional, the U.S.-based provider of crypto solutions for institutional investors, has launched its qualified custody solution, offered through Kraken Financial, its state-chartered bank. Headquartered in Wyoming, U.S., Kraken Financial is authorised to offer digital asset custody and deposit accounts for institutions. Kraken Financial is a segregated entity, where funds and assets are held remotely…

Fireblocks, an enterprise platform for building blockchain applications and managing digital asset operations, has hired Michal Ferguson as chief marketing officer. Prior to joining Fireblocks, Ferguson built and scaled the go-to-market functions at Snyk, a cybersecurity platform that integrates directly into development tools, workflows, and automation pipelines. BNY Mellon took a stake in Fireblocks in…