Year: 2021

SeaFort Capital, a Canadian private equity firm, has selected SS&C to support its SeaFort Capital Fund II. The new fund will invest in Canadian lower-mid-market core industrial and business services sectors. SS&C will provide front-to-back support, including fund administration, reporting, investor and tax services.

Rob Childs has joined CSC Global Financial Markets as a business development director in its London office. Childs (previously Helszajn) joins from Prescient, where he was head of business development. CSC recently acquired PEF Services in the U.S., as well as expanding its product range in Ireland and Luxembourg.

Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration and accounting services to Marlin Capital Partners, headquartered in Nassau. Apex, and its subsidiary Throgmorton, will provide outsourced ManCo, middle office, and fund administration services. The appointment comes ahead of the launch of Marlin’s Dauntless Fund, which will focus on arbitrage opportunities within the digital asset space.

Carne Group, the Ireland-based provider of fund support services, has acquired Distributor Due Diligence Ltd (3D), a fintech provider that enables fund managers and intermediaries to conduct due diligence on their fund distributors and institutional clients.

Northern Trust and Emerald Technology Ventures have agreed to deploy the Broadridge Private Market Hub to improve visibility and reduce transaction friction to interact in real-time for Guernsey-domiciled funds. The hub, which was originally developed by Northern Trust, was transferred to Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. in 2019. It uses DLT to help solve the challenge…