Apex has appointed Frederic Bilas as CEO and member of the board of directors of Apex Fund Services in Luxembourg. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval. He joined Apex in 2020 as COO of the Luxembourg business.
Category: Independents
ZEDRA appoints head of fund management services in Lux
ZEDRA, the Switzerland-based provider of fund and corporate services, has appointed Charles-Alexandre Houillon as director of fund management services in Luxembourg. He was previously self-employed, after spending five years at Vistra.
Coller Capital selects Alter Domus for USD680m credit fund
Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based alternatives administrator which has AuA of c. USD1trn, has been selected by Coller Capital to provide fund administration and depositary services for a new private credit secondaries fund. The credit portfolio is managed by Ping An Overseas Holdings, with the transaction thought to be the world’s largest for a credit portfolio,…
KIM Vietnam selects SS&C’s Eze OMS
KIM Vietnam Fund Management Limited Company has selected SS&C’s Eze OMS to support its operation. Established in 2020, KIM Vietnam is a subsidiary of Korea Investment (Korea) and manages eight investment funds across Korea, Japan and Europe, with c. USD2bn AuM. Eze OMS provides portfolio modelling and analytics, compliance, trading, operations, and data management.
Suntera to acquire Reference in Lux
Suntera Global, an administrator based in the Isle of Man, plans to acquire Reference Financial Services SA (Luxembourg), a fund administration and corporate services firm. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. Founded in 2003, Reference is a provider of fund administration and corporate services to Luxembourg-based entities.
Imperium hires new head of accounting
Imperium Fund Services, a Guernsey-based administrator, has appointed Colette Taylor as head of accounting. She joins from Apex.
Vistra to support AMR Action Fund
Vistra, the Singapore-based provider of advisory and administrative services with USD370bn AuA, has been appointed as administrator for the AMR Action Fund. Vistra will support the fund across its entire structure, including the management company, the fund, its SPVs, and portfolio company investments. The AMR Action Fund is the world’s largest public-private partnership supporting the…
ZEDRA hires new head of Guernsey funds
ZEDRA, the Switzerland-based administrator, has appointed Damien Fitzgerald as head of funds for Guernsey. Prior to joining ZEDRA, he was head of funds at TMF Group in Guernsey, Zedra’s Guernsey fund team specialises in fund establishment and administration, company secretarial services and governance, as well as financial accounting and NAV production. In Q4 2020, ZEDRA’s…
Apex to provide fund admin services for Bee Alternatives
Apex has been appointed, to provide fund administration and regulatory services to Bee Alternatives Limited, an independent Japan-based manager dedicated to secondary private equity investments. Bee Alternatives has its origins as part of Ant Capital Partners Co. Ltd., where the team were one of the pioneers of secondary investments in Asia. Bee Alternatives now manages…
Aztec supports new fund launch for MML Capital
Aztec, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported MML Capital, a private equity investment firm and longstanding client, with the fundraising activities and final close of its latest fund, MML Partnership Capital VII SCSp. MML broke through its hard cap, raising EUR670m (USD783m). Aztec will provide administration and accounting services to the fund and its investment structures…