CIBC Mellon has continued its impressive run of mandate wins in the burgeoning crypto- currency ETF space in Canada. It has been appointed to provide fund administration and ETF settlement services for three new ETFs: the CI Galaxy Ethereum ETF, Evolve’s Ether ETF, and Purpose Investment’s Purpose Ether ETF.
Month: April 2021
Apex beefs up digital banking team
Apex Group, the Bermuda-based financial services provider, has appointed Alistair Stuart to the newly created position of head of digital banking. Stuart was formerly COO at Investec Bank Plc. Apex delivers its banking services, including the digital banking platform, through its subsidiary, European Depositary Bank. In his new role, Stuart will lead enhancements to the…
Sanne hires Natalie Breen as global head of strategic growth
Sanne, the UK-listed provider of alternative asset and corporate services, has appointed Natalie Breen as global head of strategic growth. She joins Sanne in London from PwC, where she held the role of global and UK real estate legal leader.
Aztec adds two managers to Luxembourg real assets team
Aztec Group has strengthened its real assets team in Luxembourg with the appointment of Michele Basilico and Walter Varvara as associate directors. Previously a director and conducting officer for Fuchs Asset Management, Basilico will lead several client relationship teams and have overall responsibility for a portfolio of real estate and infrastructure clients. Varvara, who joins…
Confluence to buy Fundpeak
Confluence Technologies, a technology solutions provider helping the investment management industry solve complex investment data challenges, has reached an agreement in principle to acquire Fundpeak, a provider of secure fund portals and marketing tools such as fund factsheets and websites. Fundpeak’s solutions help funds produce multilingual factsheets for marketing purposes and to meet local regulatory…
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…
Infra Impact chooses Prescient for debut infrastructure fund
Infra Impact Investment Managers Proprietary Limited, a South African infrastructure investment firm, has selected Prescient Fund Services Proprietary Limited as the fund administrator for its first infrastructure fund, the Infra Impact Mid-Market Infrastructure Fund 1.
Jacques d’Estais to retire from BNP Paribas
After 39 years at BNP Paribas, Jacques d’Estais will retire from the group by the end of 2021. He has stepped down from his role as group deputy COO and head of international financial services to become executive advisor to BNP Paribas general management. For many years d’Estais oversaw the bank’s securities services business, BP2S.
Invesco signs for State Street’s Alpha platform
State Street has entered into an agreement with Invesco Ltd., the U.S.-based asset manager with USD1.4trn AuM, which will result in Invesco adopting State Street Alpha, the first front-to-back asset servicing platform from a single provider for institutional and wealth management firms. The migration to Alpha is intended to simplify Invesco’s investment infrastructure to improve…
Stephanie Miller joins Lukka as COO
Lukka, a provider of institutional crypto asset software and data services, has appointed Stephanie Miller as COO. In her most recent role, Miller spent three years as CEO of Intertrust N.V., a publicly traded financial services firm based in the Netherlands. Miller has also held senior roles at SS&C Technologies and J.P. Morgan, where she…