Category: Independents

Standish Management, a U.S.-based alternatives administrator, has acquired Alpha Alternatives, a small fund administration firm for hedge funds and other investment vehicles. Standish is an independent provider of fund administration services to private equity, venture capital, and real estate managers. Founded in 2007, Standish has >USD250bn AuA, administering over 2,500 entities and reporting to more…

CSC, the U.S.-based provider of corporate and fund services, has appointed Remko Dieker as managing director of its global financial markets division, overseeing the Netherlands office. He joins from CACEIS. He reports to Jonathan Hanly, managing director, Europe, succeeding Birgitte van den Broek, who is stepping down from her leadership role but will remain as…

Link Group, the Australia-based administrator with GBP160bn AuA (USD217bn), has been appointed as Pantheon Infrastructure’s fund administrator, registrar and company secretary. This follows Pantheon Infrastructure Plc’s GBP400m initial public offering, and its admission to the London Stock Exchange.

Sanne, the UK-listed administrator, has appointed Adam Duncan as head of operations in South Africa. Before joining Sanne, he spent three years as the director for data operations of Burgiss’ South African office, where he was responsible for the overall performance and progression of the team in South Africa. He also spent 13 years at…

TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of administration services, has completed the acquisition of Paraty Capital, a Brazilian fund administration platform which focuses on private equity, infrastructure, venture capital and private debt funds. Paraty Capital has been providing independent third-party fund administration services since 2014 and has >BRL15bn AuA (USD2.6bn). TMF Group administers >EUR160bn (USD180bn) of…

TMF Group, the Netherlands-based professional services firm, has appointed two senior managers to lead its operations in the Channel Islands. Tim Houghton has been appointed overall market head for the Channel Islands, and James Dolton has been appointed as managing director for the Guernsey business. Both are internal appointments.