TMF Group has announced plans to IQ-NEXUS, a corporate services firm based in the Netherlands, subject to regulatory approval.
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BNY Mellon launches new data & analytics solutions
BNY Mellon has launched three new data and analytics solutions offerings: Data Vault is a cloud-based data and analytics platform that supports the rapid onboarding of data to provide greater flexibility and accelerate client innovation and discovery. Combining this with a scalable, machine-learning approach to data quality, users can more quickly and easily interact with…
HSBC launches UK TA product
HSBC Securities Services has launched its UK transfer agency business, servicing both retail and institutional investors, supported by a new Edinburgh-based operation with 80 staff managing back-office processing and contact centre functions. The UK becomes the thirteenth market where HSS offers transfer agency.
Saskatchewan’s PEBA appoints CIBC Mellon for custody & performance
CIBC Mellon has been chosen to provide global and domestic custody, institutional accounting and securities lending for the Public Employees Benefits Agency (PEBA). In addition, PEBA will use data and analytics solutions, including performance and compliance reporting, through BNY Mellon for two plans that PEBA administers: the Public Employees’ Pension Plan, a defined contribution pension…
Apex hires Michael Sheahan as global head of RE
Apex Group has appointed Michael Sheahan as global head of real estate. Sheahan joins from Vistra, where he was global sector lead, real estate, and country managing director, Luxembourg. Based in London, Sheahan will report to Srikumar T.E., global head of fund solutions. Apex claims to have over USD300bn in AuA across the private equity…
DMS, MDO and MontLake agree to form new business
The DMS Group, MDO and MontLake have agreed to create a global governance and third-party management company. The resulting company will offer a portfolio of services and operate from four European locations with over 260 employees.
NES to administer OZ for Four Points Funding in Colorado
NES Financial, the Silicon Valley administrator that was recently acquired by JTC, has contracted to provide its purpose-built opportunity zone fund administration solution to Four Points Funding LLC, an OZ fund manager and fund sponsor with real estate and operating business investment offerings throughout rural Colorado.
Ardian appoints Aztec to administer EUR19bn secondaries platform
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has been selected by Ardian, the French private investment firm, to administer its eighth-generation secondaries platform, ASF VIII, said to be the world’s largest secondaries platform. ASF VIII attracted commitments totalling USD19bn from 275 investors in nearly 40 countries. Ardian, an Aztec client since 2013, has USD96bn AuM.
Alter Domus to administer Corten Capital’s EUR392m PE fund
Alter Domus in Guernsey has supported UK-based Corten Capital in reaching final closing of Corten Capital I, its first private equity fund, at EUR392m. Alter Domus will provide ongoing administration, reporting and regulatory services to the Corten Capital I structure.
INKA appoints HSBC for first German MO mandate
Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH (INKA) has appointed HSBC Securities Services as its middle-office provider, supporting trade management and settlement for its non-discretionary asset management business. This is the first middle-office mandate for HSBC in Germany.