Ali Osman has joined Waystone as head of product pricing and leads global pricing strategy. Before joining Waystone he was product manager for institutional investors at BNP Paribas. Prior to this, he held a combination of product solutions, strategy and financial management roles in both the UAE and the UK for Citi’s custody and fund…
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Maples supports Warba’s new fund
Maples Group has supported Warba Bank with launch of USD200m Islamic fund. Warba, a Kuwait-based bank with a track record in Islamic finance, has expanded its global investment product offering by establishing a Cayman Islands-based Shariah-compliant structure to allocate capital to its newly established Warba Islamic Income Fund with the assistance of Maples Group and…
Guerin moves to new role at SG
Mathilde Guerin, one of the superstars of the SGSS senior management team, has left the business to take a new role as deputy head of cash clearing & correspondent banking. Guerin joined SGSS in 2011, and was most recently global head of product engineering. SGSS recently appointed Gaëlle Duclos (another superstar) as deputy head.
HUB wins NAV oversight mandate
HUB, the fintech that is partly backed by State Street, has won a mandate from Acer Tree Investment Management for HUB NAV Oversight, a SaaS solution designed to optimise and automate NAV processes. Acer Tree, a mid-sized UK-based asset manager specialising in alternative investments, will leverage HUB NAV Oversight to streamline its NAV oversight process.
Allvue acquires PFA
Allvue Systems, LLC, a provider of alternative investment solutions, has acquired PFA Solutions LLC, a provider of compensation and carried interest software solutions for firms across private equity, private debt and venture capital. PFA’s flagship product, FirmView, combined with Allvue’s platform, will help CFOs and finance teams streamline fund operations and accounting workflows.
Apex appoints CPO
Apex has appointed Zion Hilelly as its new chief product officer, based in New York. Hilelly will lead the transformation of the product team, focusing on driving product innovation, accountability and P&L. Prior to joining Apex, Hilelly was the head of operations and managed services within S&P Global. Hilelly is BlackRock veteran, having worked at…
Komainu raises USD75m
Komainu, a C.I.-based digital asset services provider and custodian backed by Laser Digital, a Nomura company, has raised USD75m from Blockstream Capital Partners, subject to relevant regulatory approvals. The funding enables Komainu to accelerate its international strategic growth plans whilst adopting and integrating technologies developed by Blockstream Corporation Inc to maximise efficiencies and enhance client…
Imperium hires head of UK funds
Imperium, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Gareth Davies as managing director, UK funds, based in London, He was previously at Waystone.
Langham Hall hires for Lux
Langham Hall, the UK-based administrator, has added two senior managers in Luxembourg. Ian Kent joins from State Street as head of fund administration – Luxembourg, and Brian Campion comes in from CSC as head of commercial – Luxembourg.
UI hires new head of Lux
Universal Investment Group (UI), the Germany-based fund services platform and Super ManCo, has appointed Jeremy Albrecht as its new CEO for Luxembourg. In this role, he will be responsible for heading UI’s Luxembourg platform, which consists of both UI Luxembourg, the largest AIFM and third party ManCo in Luxembourg, and fund administrator UI efa. He…