Year: 2024

The SILC Group, a specialist Australia-based trustee and fund administration business focused on alternative investment assets, has selected the PAXUS fund administration system for its third-party fund administration business operations. PAXUS is a platform offered by Pacific Fund Systems, the Isle of Man-based fintech owned by Apex. SILC has opted for a full SaaS PAXUS-CLOUD…

Some deals look great from the start. Others, not so much. Let’s, for one moment, put aside the question of why anyone, ever, anywhere, wants to make an acquisition. For all the associated flute music about product adjacencies, new skills and new markets, scope and scale, blah, blah, blah, M&A is a messy business, often…

La Mutuelle Générale, a provider of health and retirement insurance in France, has selected Manaos, a BNP Paribas data management platform, for its ESG data collection and reporting needs. As part of the mandate, La Mutuelle Générale will use Manaos for the production of financial reports on climate and biodiversity. These reports will serve as…

Apex has merged two of its ESG businesses to form Holtara, led by the group’s head of ESG product, Emma Bickerstaffe, reporting to Chris Mulhern, chief product and technology officer at Apex. Holtara currently supports >3,400 investment managers and companies in over 50 countries. The Holtara platform, ESG Advantage, is designed to simplify and streamline…

Ocorian, the C.I.-based provider of fund administration, capital markets, corporate and fiduciary services, has appointed Matt Bythell as chief marketing officer. He was previously marketing director at Link Group, which is subject to a bid by MUFG.

Schroder Investment Management (Europe) S.A. has launched Schroders Capital – Private Equity ELTIF 2023, its first Luxembourg-domiciled ELTIF 2.0 private equity fund distributed in France and internationally. Schroders is one of the first asset managers to market an ELTIF 2.0 to French retail clients. SGSS has been selected by Schroders as centralising agent in France…

Ultimus Fund Solutions, the U.S.-based independent provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has been selected by Grandeur Peak Global Advisors to provide an enterprise-wide solution that includes middle office operations, as well as fund administration for private funds and mutual funds. As a result, Ultimus will be supporting the firm’s entire suite of…

IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has hired industry veteran John Gout as Continental Europe sales director for funds & institutional asset owners. He joins from BNP Paribas where he was a senior business development manager, responsible for sales management, client relationship development and project management. He has also worked at J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Citi.…