Year: 2021

Galaxy Digital, a U.S.-based financial services provider in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors, has agreed to acquire BitGo, an independent digital assets infrastructure provider. BitGo was the first independent regulated custodian in the U.S., purpose-built for digital assets. It has >USD40bn AuC, serving over 150 exchanges and over 400 institutional clients.

HSBC has been appointed by Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd, one of Canada’s largest independent asset management firms, to provide fund administration, transfer agency, custody and depositary services to its first Ireland-registered UCITS umbrella fund. The initial sub-funds include the CC&L Q Emerging Markets Equity UCITS Fund and the CC&L Q Global Equity…

HSBC has appointed Michael Madsen as global head of product for private assets for its securities services business. In this new role, Madsen will focus on development of the private assets product strategy and operating model. He will be based in Luxembourg, reporting to Tony McDonnell, global head of alternative investments, securities services, and Niccolo…

Confluence, a technology solutions provider to the worldwide money management industry, and J.P. Morgan have launched a further development in their partnership to deliver a multi-asset portfolio analytics solution. At the start of Q3 2021, Delta, Confluence’s risk and performance solution, will have expanded coverage powered by J.P. Morgan’s proprietary analytics to include U.S. securitised…

The Nottingham Company, a U.S.-based fund administrator and private label issuer to the mutual fund and ETF industry, has completed the registration process for its first conversion of an open-end mutual fund to an ETF. Nottingham-affiliated series trust Starboard Investment Trust completed the registration portion of the process recently, with an agreed conversion date of…

Apex Group has been appointed by Barometer Capital Management Inc., an independently owned Canadian investment firm that manages > CAD1bn, to provide administration services to the Barometer Global Music Royalty Fund LP. Barometer Capital has partnered with the Kilometre Music Group Inc., a music rights management company, to launch the fund, a limited partnership with…