Category: Independents

Apex has formed a collaboration between European Depositary Bank, an Apex company, and Zodia Custody, the institution-first digital assets platform with shareholders and investors including Standard Chartered, Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD. The initiative, which is subject to the relevant regulatory approvals for EDB across Europe, will support the development…

Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has made several senior leadership changes in Luxembourg, Francesca Raffa, client relationship lead, and Maria von Oldenskiöld, global head of investor services, have been appointed co heads of Luxembourg, as Loïc Choquet steps down from his role after three and a half years with Aztec.

Apex has joined BlackRock’s Aladdin Provider network to support the launch of a new outsourced operating model solution tailored for private credit managers. This collaboration enables asset managers to integrate Apex Group’s servicing capabilities with their own Aladdin platform.

Suntera Global, the C.I.-based administrator, has acquired UK-based depositary services business, Marick Capital Limited. Marick Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marick Real Estate, serves a range of UK real estate and venture capital clients, holds Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) permissions to act as an operator, sub-threshold alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) and depositary of…

Aztec has supported Hollyport Capital on the final close of Hollyport Secondary Opportunities IX, which raised USD4.5bn. Aztec delivered an integrated service across Jersey and Luxembourg, including AML onboarding across multiple jurisdictions, depositary and AIFM services, and investor transaction support. Hollyport operates in the private equity secondaries market, with nine funds raised since 2006 and…

Suntera Global, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Mark Reynolds as regional head of Crown Dependencies, a newly created role aimed at supporting further growth across Jersey, Guernsey, and Isle of Man. The new leadership role follows the completion of the majority equity investment in Suntera by Valeas Capital Partners earlier this year. He will continue…