IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based fund services provider, has acquired Laven Compliance Limited, formerly part of Laven Group. Laven Compliance is a UK and U.S.-based provider of regulatory compliance, regulatory application support and operational due diligence, servicing financial services clients. The acquisition does not involve any other part of the Laven Group.
Category: Independents
Apex hires Cayman country head
Apex has appointed Anne Storie as country head for the Cayman Islands. She has previously worked at Waystone/DMS.
Phoenix American wins DST mandate
Phoenix American Financial has onboarded Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) fund sponsor Parking Vault for fund administration. Phoenix American will support Parking Vault with its investor relations platform featuring the STAR-XMS transfer agency system.
Apex appoints Goji for onboarding
Apex has appointed Goji, a UK-regulated fintech offering investors digital access to alternative investments, to enable alternative asset management clients to manage all stages of the investor lifecycle. Apex’s digital onboarding solution, powered by Goji, provides alternative fund managers with the ability to onboard their investors from any jurisdiction via a single, secure online platform,…
Weitz transitions to Ultimus
Weitz Funds, a U.S.-based manager, has transitioned transfer agency of its nine mutual funds to Ultimus Fund Solutions, the U.S.-based provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions. Ultimus claims that this is the 20th TA conversion project since early 2020, representing over 100 funds converted on to its platform.
Stonegate appoints CIO
Stonegate Global Fund Services has appointed Adam Alesandro as chief information officer. He was previously in private practice.
SS&C acquires CFO
SS&C has acquired Complete Financial Ops, Inc. Fund Services, a Colorado-based fund administration firm. CFO Fund Services delivers fund administration to private equity funds and family offices. Terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed. The acquisition adds 25 clients and eight employees.
Maples hires fiduciary head for Lux
The Maples Group has appointed Jorge Pérez Lozano as head of fiduciary services in Luxembourg. He joins from Amicorp, where he was COO. Regulated by the CSSF, the group’s Luxembourg office provides fiduciary, fund and entity formation and management services to a range of Luxembourg vehicles and clients, including corporations, banks, and structured finance arrangers,…
Galaxy to acquire GK8
Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd., a financial services and investment management provider in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors, intends to acquire GK8, a secure institutional digital asset self-custody platform. The acquisition will be the result of a sale process executed in connection with Celsius Network LLC‘s Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is subject to…
Phoenix American wins RE mandate
Ashford Inc., a U.S.-based real estate investment fund sponsor, has appointed Phoenix American to provide agent and back-office operational services.