IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, has rebranded two of its French businesses, Peru & Partners and Conseil Expertise & Synthèse (CE&S), as IQ-EQ. Equitis, the fiduciary services provider, will retain its brand. IQ-EQ in France has over 100 staff.
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State Street partners with Paxos in T+0 pilot
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 hires MD for digital assets group
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…
Peter Nagle leaves Sanne
Peter Nagle has joined Harneys Fiduciary as CEO. He was previously chief commercial officer for Sanne.
TMF appoints head of product innovation for fund services
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based corporate and fund services provider, has appointed Kwame Lewis as head of product innovation, fund services. He is based in Boston. He was previously co-head of fund services for North America.
Matt Haynes takes new role at IQ-EQ
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 supports new Advent tech fund
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…
IQ-EQ hires head of depositary
IQ-EQ has appointed Thomas Korteweg as head of depositary. He is based in the Netherlands. Korteweg joins from CACEIS.
Equity Trustees appoints NED for UK ACD business
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…
Aizawa AM extends relationship with Apex
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…