ACOLIN, a Switzerland-based provider of regulatory and cross-border fund distribution services across Europe, has acquired GFA. Founded in 2014, GFA operates a SaaS-based data collection and analytics platform for asset managers and distributors to manage their compliance obligations and to enable asset managers to gain insights into their distribution networks and identify opportunities to improve…
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Ocorian adds five BD directors
Ocorian, the C.I.-based provider of fund administration, corporate, trust and capital markets services, has strengthened its European and UK business development team with the appointment of five new business development directors. Based in London, Andrew Stewart joins after most recently serving as an executive director at MUFG Investor Services. Chris Mayfield joins from Vistra. Vivienne…
Hamilton Global Opportunities appoints Equity Trustees as AIFM
Hamilton Global Opportunities PLC, a UK-based manager, has selected Equity Trustees to act as its AIFM in Ireland. HGO will invest in sustainable opportunities arising from direct access into growth stage companies in tech, fintech and medtech, with a primary focus on Silicon Valley and Israel.
FundRock launches distribution support services
FundRock, the Luxembourg-based third-party ManCo and AIFM that is owned by Apex, has launched a new operation in Luxembourg to provide fund distribution solutions to non-EU asset managers. Asset managers, for which FundRock or its affiliates act as ManCo/AIFM, will be able to access FundRock’s fund distribution solutions through the recently established FundRock Distribution S.A.,…
Tom Bennett joins Aztec as head of innovation
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has hired Tom Bennett as head of innovation. Previously COO at JLL’s UK investment and agency businesses, Bennett will identify new ideas and opportunities for existing business and create new revenue streams.
Gate Capital appoints Equity Trustees as UCITS ManCo
Gate Capital has selected Equity Trustees to provide UCITS ManCo services for its latest product, The Written Fund. The fund was launched on Equity Trustees’ Irish domiciled UCITS Gateway platform and is now open to investors. Equity Trustees is an Australia-based provider of trustee and fund governance services with funds under administration and management of…
Intertrust to service KLAR Partners debut PE fund
Intertrust, the Netherlands-based provider of corporate and administration services, has been appointed as fund administrator and depositary to KLAR Partners, a European private equity firm. Intertrust will provide KLAR Partners with fund administration, depositary and SPV management services across Luxembourg and Sweden. KLAR Partners recently announced the final closing of its debut fund, KLAR Partners…
Laurium launches Irish UCITS fund on Prescient ICAV platform
Laurium Capital (Pty) Ltd, a South Africa hedge fund and long-only fund manager with R26bn (USD1.5bn) AuM, has launched its first Irish-domiciled UCITS fund, the Laurium Africa USD Bond Fund, on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform.
Horseshoe appoints Kathleen Faries as CEO
Horseshoe, the Bermuda-based subsidiary of Artex, has appointed Kathleen Faries as CEO. Based in Bermuda, Faries will work closely with Andre Perez, the founder and current CEO, who will assume the new role of executive chairman. Faries was most recently the head of Tokio Millennium Re AG, Bermuda. Horseshoe is a specialist administrator of insurance-linked…
Langham Hall supports Ardent’s new USD530m UK RE fund
The Ardent Companies LLC, an Atlanta-based real estate investment and asset management firm, has launched a USD530m UK real estate investment business, The Ardent Companies UK Ltd. Langham Hall, the UK-based administrator, has supported Ardent with its debut acquisition of a portfolio of 12 industrial sites with a total 67 units of real estate across…