Apex plans to acquire Bank of America Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited (BACSIL), the Irish depositary business of Bank of America. Apex will acquire BACSIL through its subsidiary, European Depositary Bank. The BACSIL business, based in Dublin, provides depositary services for client assets of USD71.4bn. Upon closing, BACSIL’s team will join Apex in Dublin.
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Nippon Life India transitions to SS&C Eze
Nippon Life India Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., the offshore platform of Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, has transitioned its operations to the SS&C Eze asset management platform. The firm will now use the Eze Investment Suite ecosystem for its recently launched fixed income ETF, among other funds. Nippon Life India Singapore manages funds…
Crestbridge re-hires RE specialist
Crestbridge, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Emily Manning as director, real estate funds. Manning began her career at Crestbridge where she worked for six years overseeing portfolios of property investment vehicles. She re-joins Crestbridge having most recently held the position of head of fund operations at Langham Hall in C.I.
TR Capital selects IQ-EQ
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,…
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.