Ocorian, the C.I.-based provider of fund administration, corporate and fiduciary services, has appointed London-based Ricky Popat as business development director, regulatory, compliance & legal. He will work with Newgate, Ocorian’s regulatory services arm, as part of the group’s commercial function led by Simon Behan, chief commercial officer. Popat joins from Quantifi.
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Apex to provide pro-bono services to Greater Share
Apex is to provide its single-source solution, on a pro-bono basis, to Greater Share, an innovative philanthropic investment platform working to close the education gap and enact measurable change on children’s lives across the world. Apex and its subsidiaries will deliver corporate services, fund administration, transfer agency and banking services to Greater Share, which aims…
BNY Mellon veteran to head EDB
David Claus is to become the new CEO of European Depositary Bank, which has been owned by Apex since 2017. The Luxembourg-based bank provides depositary services for >USD300bn of client assets. Claus will join from BNY Mellon, where he spent more than 20 years, most recently as head of Luxembourg.
Symphony hires head of Americas sales
Symphony, the market infrastructure and technology platform, has appointed Richard Griffith as head of sales and account management, Americas. Prior to Symphony, he held a number of commercial roles at StreetLinx, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Lehman Brothers and, most recently, Palantir Technologies.
Harmonate hires VP of bus dev
Harmonate, the provider of a SaaS-based solution which enables scale and efficiency for mid to back office functions in the private funds space, has hired Kristin Winkler as the vice president of business development. Based in New York, Winkler joins from Mainstream.
FINBOURNE appoints CTO
FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based investment data management provider, has appointed Robert Byrne as chief technology officer (CTO). He joins from City Science, where he was CTO.
Oak appoints new head of Guernsey funds
Oak, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed James Tracey as head of the Guernsey funds business. He was previously at JTC Group in Guernsey. He succeeds Paul Schreibke, who is moving to Mauritius to take up a new role with the firm.
Apex to acquire Maitland
Apex has announced its planned acquisition of the fund services and third-party ManCo business operations of Maitland International Holdings plc, a South Africa-based fund services provider. Founded in 1976, Maitland provides fund services including administration, transfer agency and ManCo services to 120 investment managers and 25 fund sponsor clients. This client base includes traditional, alternative…
JTC hires PE/VC specialist
JTC, the C.I.-based provider of institutional and private client services, has appointed Martin Punt as director – fund & corporate services. Based in London, Punt will build JTC’s intermediary relationships and develop its overall private equity and venture capital offering, with a particular focus on the firm’s UK and Channel Islands proposition. He will also…
Ocorian adds to U.S. bus dev team
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Ashish Prabhakar as head of business development and capital markets for the Americas. Based in New York, Prabhakar will report to Simon Behan, chief commercial officer. He was previously at HSBC.