Category: Independents

Paxos, the regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, has partnered with State Street to integrate State Street’s custody services into the Paxos Settlement Service. As part of the pilot, State Street was able to simulate the settlement and custody of shares on the Paxos platform and asset movements more efficiently. State Street was able to send settlement…

Stonegate Global has hired Skyler Steinke as managing director – digital assets group. Stonegate Global is a U.S.-based provider of fund administration, global advisory and fund structuring services for crypto funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds and private equity funds. Stonegate Global specialises in servicing DeFi crypto funds involved in staking, yield…

IQ-EQ has appointed Matt Haynes as global head of business intermediaries & partners. Haynes spent eight years as group business development director. In his new role, he will lead a number of strategic relationships and a group-wide strategy to build upon the relationships IQ-EQ has with business partners and intermediaries globally. He will report directly…

Aztec, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported longstanding client, Advent International, with the fundraising activities and final close of its second dedicated technology fund, Advent Global Technology II. The fund exceeded its USD3bn target by 33pct. Advent Tech II is double the size of its predecessor, Advent Tech. Aztec assisted with investor onboarding and will continue…

Tim Callaghan has been appointed as an independent non-executive director to the board of the Equity Trustees independent authorised corporate director business in the UK. Equity Trustees Fund Services provides independent fund governance, risk and compliance, product development and regulatory reporting services to investment managers, from locations in Melbourne, Sydney, London and Dublin. Callaghan was…

Apex Group has extended its longstanding relationship with Aizawa Asset Management (AAM) to provide services to its new Cayman fund, Ariake Secondary Fund III LP. Apex will provide fund administration and regulatory services to ASF-III, having serviced AAM’s Ariake Secondary Fund I LP and Ariake Secondary Fund II LP since 2015. AAM, a Japanese alternative…