Water Island Capital has converted the Water Island Long/Short Fund (Nasdaq: ATQIX), a mutual fund within The Arbitrage Funds series trust, to the AltShares Event-Driven ETF (NYSE Arca: EVNT). State Street facilitated the conversion.
Year: 2021
CSC expands fund operations in Lux
CSC, a U.S.-based provider of business, legal, tax, and digital brand services, has expanded its operations in Luxembourg by securing new fund administration and depositary licences and adding two executives to help lead its growth in the market. Pierre Mifsud joins from Edmond de Rothschild as managing director for depositary services for CSC Global Financial…
JTC to buy Ballybunion Capital
JTC, the C.I.-based professional services business, has agreed to buy Ballybunion Capital Limited, an asset manager based in Dublin and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Founded in 2009, Ballybunion Capital provides management and regulatory oversight services to investment funds and offers ManCo services as an AIFM as well as governance oversight, portfolio management…
State Street goes live with Acadia
State Street’s Collateral+ business is now operational with Acadia’s Initial Margin Exposure Manager (IMEM) and Margin Manager (MM) service. This integration provides automated dispute management for initial margin agreements and electronic margin call messaging across multiple products.
Paul Bishop joins J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan has hired another re-tread from Deutsche Bank. Paul Bishop has joined as head of U.S. direct custody, having held a similar role at Deutsche Bank.
Apex partners with VCP
Apex has entered into a joint venture with VCP Advisors, a UK-based provider of financial, advisory and capital raising services for corporate and fund manager clients. VCP works with companies and closed-ended and open-ended funds across the private equity, private credit, venture capital, infrastructure, real estate and hedge fund asset classes, providing advisory, capital raising…
Duncan Christie joins Gen II in Luxembourg
Gen II Fund Services, the specialist private assets administrator which has USD600bn AuA, has appointed Duncan Christie as head of operations and client services and a member of the executive committee in Luxembourg. He joins from IFDS in Luxembourg, where he was COO, responsible for operations, client service, business transformation, and research & development.
JTC acquires Segue Partners
JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has acquired Segue Partners, a fund services business headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 2010, Segue provides fund solutions to private equity, venture capital and debt funds, as well as family offices. Michelle Murray, managing director and founder of Segue, will continue to lead the business, The transaction is not…
SGSS appoints co-heads to replace Christophe Baurand
After more than six years in the job, Christophe Baurand has stepped down from his role at Société Générale Securities Services as head of coverage, marketing and solutions. SGSS has appointed co-heads to replace him: Alexandra Chauvel and Gildas Le Treut. Based in Paris, they will join the SGSS executive committee, reporting to David Abitbol,…
Northern Trust applies AI to alternative investment data
As part of its initiative to digitise alternative asset servicing, Northern Trust has launched an AI-powered solution to extract unstructured investment data from alternative asset documents and make it accessible and actionable for asset owner clients. Built in collaboration with Microsoft Azure Applied AI Services, and business and consulting firm Neudesic, the proprietary solution transforms…