Category: Independents

Hassana Investment Company, the investment manager of Saudi Arabia’s General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI), has entered into a partnership with SimCorp to deploy its investment management platform. GOSI is one of one of the world’s largest pension investors, with more than USD320bn AuM. The partnership agreement covers SimCorp’s back and middle office suite and…

Apex has been appointed by True Green Capital Management LLC to provide fund administration and investor reporting solutions for its latest fund, True Green Capital Fund IV, L.P. Based in the U.S., TGC is a renewable energy infrastructure investment firm which, since 2011, has deployed over USD1.2bn of total capital across 14 U.S. states and…

The 2023 Observatory for ManCos, an annual report published by PwC Luxembourg, has confirmed that Universal Investment, the Germany-based administrator which claims to have EUR979bn (USD1.1trn) AuA, is the largest third-party ManCo with AuM of EUR 118.9 bn (USD128bn); and the largest AIFM, with AuM of EUR102.2bn (USD110bn).

Latin Leap has appointed Apex to provide fund services for its venture capital fund. Latin Leap is a venture capital studio seeking to contribute to the Latin American economy through technology investments in regional early-stage start-ups and to soft-land purpose-driven technology companies in Latin America. It expects to invest USD25m in around 15 startups over…

FundRock Management Company, a European third-party ManCo and AIFM owned by Apex, has been appointed by Partners Capital to provide ManCo services to its flagship fund. FundRock previously supported the fund’s re-domiciliation to Luxembourg. Partners Capital is an outsourced investment office managing >USD51bn of assets and acting for endowments and foundations, investment professionals and families.…

Vistra, the Asia-based fund and corporate services provider, has appointed Jonathan Ferrara as managing director for the Channel Islands. He will have full responsibility for the leadership and strategic development of Vistra’s C.I. offices, which provide real estate and private equity services as well as wealth management solutions. Ferrara has held senior roles at Bank…

IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has formed an alliance with Novata, a technology platform providing private markets participants with an ESG data solution. The alliance aims to help portfolio companies report the highest quality data to investors and ultimately drive positive sustainable change. Through this platform, asset managers, investors and portfolio companies can identify the ESG…