Carne Group, the Ireland-based provider of fund support services, has acquired Distributor Due Diligence Ltd (3D), a fintech provider that enables fund managers and intermediaries to conduct due diligence on their fund distributors and institutional clients.
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Apex to administer Midtown’s RE portfolio
Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration services to Midtown Capital Partners LLC, a U.S.-based real estate investment firm focused on acquiring properties in the office, retail, industrial, and multifamily markets. Midtown has executed more than USD500m in acquisitions in the past five years, with a current portfolio valued at USD800m.
Sanne appoints new head of Ireland
Sanne, the UK-listed provider of alternative asset and corporate business services that is in the process of being taken over by Apex, has appointed Graeme Rate as head of Ireland. He joined Sanne in 2016 to lead the South Africa and Malta businesses, and will relocate to Dublin.
Apex closes Mainstream deal
Apex Group has completed the acquisition of Mainstream Group Holdings Limited, following approvals from Mainstream’s shareholders, the Federal Court of Australia and regulators. Mainstream, an Australia-based administrator with more than 360 employees across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, U.S., Isle of Man, Malta, Ireland and the Cayman Islands, services 1,400 funds with AuA of >AUD295bn (USD222bn).
Broadridge launches proxy service in Switzerland
Broadridge Financial Solutions has launched its “golden copy” event sourcing and proxy vote execution service for custodians and local agents in Switzerland. The Swiss service is the latest addition to Broadridge’s sub-custody Direct Market Solutions product suite that connects investors and issuers.
Ocorian appoints new COO
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Carole Murphy as chief operating officer. She will lead global IT and operations functions. Based in the UK, she reports to Ocorian’s CEO and chairman, Frederik van Tuyll. She joins from Capgemini, where she was head of business transformation services and head of the finance and accounting practice.
Universal-Investment hires head of new London office
Universal-Investment, the Germany-based ManCo and fund services provider, has appointed Julian Mayo to run its newly opened London branch. Mayo joins from Charlemagne Capital/Fiera Capital, where he was co-CIO/chief strategist. The London branch will join the group’s existing network of hubs in Germany, Luxembourg and Ireland. The acquisition by Universal-Investment of the Irish fund management…
SEI acquires Finomial
SEI has confirmed the acquisition of Finomial, an investor lifecycle management firm offering cloud-native financial technology. The technology is expected to be added to SEI’s existing investor-focused platforms to further enhance automation and digitisation capabilities, as well as reporting and transparency. Meredith Moss, Finomial founder and CEO, joins SEI, along with a total of 42…
Confluence adds18f-4 derivatives monitoring solution to existing client relationship
Confluence Technologies, a U.S.-based technology solutions provider for the investment management industry, has expanded its partnership with a large Midwest insurance and multi-strategy investment firm that will now deploy Confluence’s cloud-based Revolution platform for its 18f-4 derivatives and risk monitoring needs. The multi-strategy firm, which already uses Confluence’s Unity NXT Regulatory Reporting platform, will implement…
Gordian expands SS&C relationship
Gordian Capital, an Asia-based institutional fund management platform with AuM of USD7bn, has expanded its relationship with SS&C in Singapore and Japan. The platform, which uses SS&C GlobeOp for fund administration, has added the Eze Investment Suite to support trading, portfolio and risk management. Gordian Capital will now take advantage of the integrated solution in…