TR Capital, a secondary private equity fund manager based in Asia, has selected IQ-EQ’s Hong Kong and Luxembourg teams to administer the Cayman and Luxembourg parallel structures of its new Fund V. In addition, TR Capital has since appointed IQ-EQ for an unspecified number of further mandates. TR Capital has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore,…
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Phoenix American wins weed REIT mandate
Phoenix American has established a new fund administration relationship with AC Capital Partners, an alternative investment sponsor. Phoenix American will support AC Capital Partners’ MJ REIT fund with its investor services platform featuring the STAR-XMS shareholder management/ transfer agency platform. MJ REIT is a private hybrid commercial real estate fund focused on opportunities in the…
Talos partners with Formidium
Talos, the U.S.-based provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, has partnered with Formidium, which provides digital assets fund administration services. Talos end-users worldwide – institutional investors on the buy-side and the sell-side, including traditional finance and crypto-native firms – can now leverage Seamless Digital, Formidium’s digital assets and tax accounting platform. Seamless Digital consolidates…
SimCorp hires NA MD
SimCorp, the European provider of SaaS investment management solutions has appointed John Needham as managing director of SimCorp North America. Based in Toronto and reporting to CEO Christian Kromann, Needham will primarily focus on business development and setting strategic direction for the >230 SimCorp North America employees, seeking to sustain the consistent double-digit growth the…
Centaur joins Waystone
Centaur Group, the Ireland-based fund administration and fiduciary services provider, is now part of the Waystone Group, following completion of the acquisition. Centaur’s founders – Karen Malone, Ronan Daly and Eric Bertrand, will join Waystone. The transaction will broaden Waystone’s service offering to asset managers and their investors, adding fund administration to its existing ManCo…
Link signs with Milestone
Link Fund Solutions, the European arm of Australia’s Link Group, will adopt Milestone Group’s pControl Oversight platform. Australia-based Milestone, which is owned by BNY Mellon, provides oversight and backup NAV solutions to the investment management industry. pControl Oversight will allow Link Fund Solutions to independently verify NAVs received from its fund administrators and to mitigate…
Krypton hires from SS&C
Rechilda Tallman has joined Bermuda-based Krypton Fund Services as an account manager, based in Canada. She previously spent seven years at SS&C GlobeOp.
Apex to acquire ALFI Partners
Apex is to acquire ALFI Partners, a third-party marketer. Based in Luxembourg, ALFI Partners promotes a selection of leading international asset management firms to qualified investors. Through ALFI Partners’ network, the business enables European investors and non-European asset managers to meet and build productive relationships. Since its creation, over EUR20bn has been invested through ALFI…
TMF promotes Porta to lead APAC BD
TMF Group, a Netherlands-based professional services firm, has appointed Albert Porta as head of business development for the APAC region. Porta has worked for TMF Group in Hong Kong for six years, latterly as head of business development in Singapore, Australasia and Malaysia, a role he will retain in addition to his new regional responsibilities.…
EDB adds to executive board
Apex-owned European Depositary Bank has appointed Robert Steele and Jean-François Thils to its executive management board. They join EDB CEO David Claus and managing director Holger Barth as members of the bank’s executive management board. David Rhydderch, previously a member of the board, is stepping down and becoming a member of the board of directors…