Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, Nikko AM Group, one of Asia’s largest asset managers, has reached an agreement to transfer its ManCo in Luxembourg to FundRock Management Company S.A., a subsidiary of Apex Group. The transfer agreement includes the sale of Nikko Asset Management Luxembourg S.A. to Apex. Following this, FundRock…
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Carne hires CFO
Carne Group, the European provider of fund regulation and governance solutions for the asset management industry and Europe’s largest third-party management company, has appointed John Cotter as its new chief financial officer. He joins Carne’s board and executive committee, reporting to John Donohoe, the group’s founder and CEO. He joins from Wells Fargo Bank International.
FundBank hires from State Street
FundBank, a provider of banking solutions to the alternatives sector, has appointed Marcia Rothschild as senior managing director, head of business development. Rothschild joins from State Street, where she was head of LatAm and the Caribbean.
Apex hires Abu Dhabi SEO
Apex has appointed Sonja Suessenbach as head of Abu Dhabi. She was previously at Lombard Odier.
Waystone to service Avantis ETFs
Waystone, a European provider of specialist services to the global asset management industry, has been appointed as ManCo by American Century Investments for its first European ETFs. The two UCITS ETFs – Avantis Global Small Cap Value UCITS ETF and Avantis Global Equity UCITS ETF – have been launched under American Century’s quantitative investment unit,…
Apex completes NZ acquisition
Apex has completed its acquisition of Trustees Executors’ custody and investment accounting business. The deal will add 37 new employees and NZD55bn (USD34bn) AuC/A to Apex in New Zealand.
SS&C launches AI platform
SS&C has launched SS&C Accord, an AI-enabled service to help wealth managers aggregate and validate their clients’ alternative investment data. SS&C Accord leverages SS&C’s wealth management and alternative investment fund administration expertise to help advisors aggregate and process siloed data across their investors’ portfolios. Wealth managers, RIAs, pension funds, endowments and family offices can view…
Apex wins in Japan
Apex has expanded its relationship with Integral Corporation, one of the largest Japan-based private equity managers. It will now provide fund administration services to Integral Fund V Series. Apex will now offer Cayman fund administration, Cayman regulatory reporting, tax reporting, board meetings for Fund II, III, IV and a number of investment vehicles.
SimCorp appoints head of business services
SimCorp, the Deutsche Börse-owned financial technology company, has appointed Ulrik Modigh as head of SimCorp Business Services. Modigh will oversee SimCorp’s full range of business services, including data management, investment accounting, and investment operations. Modigh recently served as COO, head of operations and technology at Nordea Asset Management. Based at SimCorp’s global headquarters in Copenhagen,…
AB appoints Evelyn as ACD
AllianceBernstein has appointed Evelyn Partners Fund Solutions as ACD for its UK OEIC range. The six funds were launched in 2019 and now hold assets in excess of USD1bn. EPFL currently supports over 150 funds with funds under governance of c. GBP10bn (USD13bn).