BlockFi, a U.S.-based crypto financial services company, has made two senior appointments. Alexander Grigoryan has joined as the chief technology officer and will oversee all global product development and technology strategy. Prior to BlockFi, Grigoryan led product engineering at Skillz, a mobile games platform, and before that held senior engineering and developer roles at Walmart…
Year: 2022
RBC sells HK business to SC
Standard Chartered has agreed to acquire the trustee and domestic asset servicing businesses of RBC Investor & Treasury Services in Hong Kong. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, is another step in RBC’s strategy to focus on North America and Europe. In 2020 RBC sold its Hong Kong corporate services business to SMP.
CACEIS supports new green hydrogen fund
CACEIS has been mandated by Hy24, an investment management firm specialising in green hydrogen infrastructure investment, to provide custody and registrar services for its first fund. In 2021 Ardian, a private equity investor, and FiveT Hydrogen, an investment platform focused on green hydrogen infrastructure projects, formed Hy24. The fund, Clean H2 Infra Fund SLP, will…
State Street hires for Nordic sales
State Street has hired Susanne Sørensen from Standard Chartered. Sørensen, who is based in Paris, will focus on sales in the Nordic region, reporting to Jochen Kühn, head of coverage for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the Nordics.
Sionic hires Matt Davey
Sionic, a UK-based consultancy firm that is part of the Davies Group, has appointed Matt Davey as a partner within its asset management practice. Davey, who has worked at State Street, J.P. Morgan and HSBC, was most recently head of UK coverage, marketing, & solutions at SGSS.
NatWest wins UK forestry mandate
NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services has been appointed as depositary for Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company PLC. Foresight Group LLP is a UK-based infrastructure and private equity investment manager. Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company PLC recently raised GBP130m (USD177m) in an IPO that will invest in UK forestry and afforestation assets.
CSC appoints new Netherlands head
CSC, the U.S.-based provider of corporate and fund services, has appointed Remko Dieker as managing director of its global financial markets division, overseeing the Netherlands office. He joins from CACEIS. He reports to Jonathan Hanly, managing director, Europe, succeeding Birgitte van den Broek, who is stepping down from her leadership role but will remain as…
Equity Trustees supports new fund for Ecofin in Ireland
Equity Trustees, the Australia-based administrator, has supported the launch of a second global equity UCITS fund for Ecofin Advisors in Ireland. Equity Trustees have been appointed as the UCITS ManCo.
Pantheon appoints Link
Link Group, the Australia-based administrator with GBP160bn AuA (USD217bn), has been appointed as Pantheon Infrastructure’s fund administrator, registrar and company secretary. This follows Pantheon Infrastructure Plc’s GBP400m initial public offering, and its admission to the London Stock Exchange.
Sanne hires head of ops for South Africa
Sanne, the UK-listed administrator, has appointed Adam Duncan as head of operations in South Africa. Before joining Sanne, he spent three years as the director for data operations of Burgiss’ South African office, where he was responsible for the overall performance and progression of the team in South Africa. He also spent 13 years at…