EFA, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has been appointed to provide administration services to the REINO RF CEE Real Estate Fund, a RAIF formed as part of a strategic collaboration between Poland-based REINO Capital and Australian firm RF CorVal. The fund, targeting the Polish real estate market, will have EUR750m of assets under administration and will be…
Steve Mccullough joins HSS to head APAC bus dev
HSBC Securities Services has hired Steve Mccullough to head business development for asset owners & managers in Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, he reports to Sébastien Danloy, global head of asset owners & managers. Mccullough was previously at Citi.
MUFG IS adds two senior managers in UK
MUFG Investor Services has hired Lizzy Buss as executive director of EMEA sales and Cliodhna Murphy as executive director, product development. Both are based in London. Buss joins from State Street, where she was head of business development for InfraHedge across EMEA and APAC. In her new role, she will direct the sales and growth…
Sudrania FS receives further funding from Bodhi Tree AM
Sudrania Fund Services Corp, a Chicago-based fund administration and technology company, has received another round of strategic seed investment from Bodhi Tree Asset Management. This investment is a follow up from an initial investment made by Bodhi Tree in 2018. Shalin Madan, the CIO of Bodhi Tree, will join Sudrania’s advisory board. Sudrania currently has…
Citi and RBC sign client transfer agreement for Australia
Citi has finalised a client transfer agreement with RBC Investor & Treasury Services in Australia. The announcement follows Citi and RBC signing a memorandum of understanding in November 2019, with the intent to facilitate an orderly transfer of the RBC client base to Citi over a 12-24 month period. The transaction will enable Citi’s securities…
Didier Delvaux to head U.S. Bank’s Luxembourg office
U.S. Bank has hired Didier Delvaux to head its new Luxembourg office. Delvaux joins from State Street, where he spent 17 years, most recently as head of fund administration in EMEA. He previously served as COO of State Street’s Luxembourg operation.
BP2S to administer new Singapore VCC for Kamet Capital Partners
BNP Paribas Securities Services has been appointed by Kamet Capital Partners to provide custody and fund administration services in Singapore. Kamet is one of the first fund managers to use Singapore’s new Variable Capital Company (VCC) structure. Kamet Capital Partners was established in 2017 as a family office.
Apex appoints co-heads for PERE business
Apex, the Bermuda-based administrator, has appointed co-heads for its private equity and real estate business, which administers c. USD300bn. Elaine Chim is appointed head of private equity and real estate for the Americas, and Gareth Smith is head of private equity and real estate for the EMEA and APAC regions. Chim joined Apex in 2018…
FundRock launches AIFM in France
FundRock, the Luxembourg-based ManCo and administrator, is to launch a new AIFM in France to service private equity and real estate investors. Jean Edouard Mazery has joined from Twenty First Capital, a European asset manager, to lead the French business. He will be initially based in Luxembourg and will relocate to Paris once regulatory approval…
MUFG IS hires two seniors for FX business
MUFG Investor Services is expanding its FX service offering with two new senior hires. Hans Jacob Feder has joined as global head of FX services, based in London and reporting to John Sergides, CEO. He was previously at J.P. Morgan Securities, where his most recent role was head of FX services execution. Al Baptiste joined…