Category: Independents

Vistra, the Asia-based fund and corporate service provider, has completed its merger with Tricor Group. The combined business has >9,000 professionals in 50+ jurisdictions. Simon Webster, who joined Vistra in 2022 as CEO, becomes CEO of the combined business. Kim Jenkins, Tricor’s CEO, has been appointed as COO. The merged entity, headquartered in Hong Kong,…

The European Depositary Bank, the Luxembourg-headquartered provider of banking, depositary and custody solutions owned by Apex, has been appointed by Aarna Capital Limited to provide digital banking solutions. Aarna Capital is a multi-asset brokerage firm, operating from Abu Dhabi Global Markets, offering clients access to futures, options, FX, bullion, equities, CFDs and fixed income products.

Blackwattle Investment Partners, a start-up Australian equity investment manager, has chosen Equity Trustees to be the responsible entity (trustee) for its first range of Australian equity funds: the Blackwattle Small Cap Quality Fund, Blackwattle Large Cap Quality Fund, Blackwattle Mid Cap Quality Fund and Blackwattle Long-short 130/30 Quality Fund.

Socium Fund Services, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Suntera Global, has implemented the Sentry loan portfolio management technology from Broadridge. Socium is a private capital and credit fund administration firm. Sentry is a scalable web-based solution that captures, calculates, and analyses the borrower’s KPIs, monitors the pipeline, improves credit selection, and creates reusable covenant rules. As…

Apex has appointed Anthony Edmonds as country head – New Zealand. Apex entered the New Zealand market in 2022 through the acquisitions of MMC, and Implemented Investment Solutions (IIS) and InvestNow. Originally founded and led by Edmonds, IIS delivers fund hosting services to global investment managers wanting to provide Kiwi investors with access to their…

Ocorian, the C.I.-based provider of corporate and fiduciary, fund administration, and capital markets services, is strengthening its U.S. capital markets team with the appointment of Anton Britton as head of business development, capital markets, based in New York. He was previously at Northern Trust, where he worked in the private markets administration business.

Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based private capital fund administrator with USD900bn AuA, has move to a new Denver office. Gen II plans a significant expansion of its workforce in the Denver area. The new office will be the site of Gen II’s global training centre of excellence.