Natural Ventures has appointed the Maples Group as fund administrator for its Natural Ventures Fund I LP. The USD100m, 10-year closed fund is domiciled within the Abu Dhabi Global Market. Natural Ventures invests in scalable, proven technologies with commercial success that directly enhance water and food security.
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Nasdaq appoints Zodia
Nasdaq has appointed Zodia Custody as a core custodian for its suite of crypto indices.
IDR expands in U.S.
IDR, the private markets onboarding hub, has expanded its U.S. presence with additional hires. Brian Hwang joins IDR as commercial development director. Based in New York, he was previously at Visible Alpha, where he was global head of partnerships. Rory Blazeby, head of CRM, will also spend the remainder of the year in the U.S.…
Aztec appoints Lux head
Aztec, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Loic Choquet as head of jurisdiction in Luxembourg. He will continue in his role as head of group centres of excellence and internal control. Aztec has >700 Luxembourg-based employees, and has recently launched its AIFM service in the domicile.
State Street wins in Brazil
State Street has been selected to provide fund accounting, fund administration and investor servicing for Galapagos Global Capital Management, the U.S.-based hedge fund manager of Galapagos Capital, a Brazilian-founded investment company. State Street will provide these services to Galápagos Macro Master LP and Galápagos Macro Cayman Ltd.
Tetragon works with HUB
Tetragon, a C.I.-based asset management business, has deployed HUB Position Oversight, a SaaS solution that creates a unified view of portfolio data across internal and external systems for month-end NAV reporting processes. The solution onboards data from multiple systems, enabling Tetragon to automate position matching and streamline exception management through embedded workflow. HUB is a…
Northern Trust to service L&G LTAF
Northern Trust has been appointed by Legal & General to provide depository and fund administration services for its recently launched Private Markets Access Fund, which integrates a UK Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF) as a core component. The fund aims to offer 5.2 million DC scheme members the opportunity to obtain diversified exposure to private…
AEW adds to CBRE RE mandate
AEW Capital Management has expanded its outsourcing agreement with CBRE to include real estate accounting and reporting services to AEW’s North American private equity group, which manages direct private equity investments in real estate in the U.S. The agreement includes the transfer of approximately 50 AEW employees to CBRE’s office in Boston. CBRE will provide…
Flow Traders connects to Copper
Copper, the UK-based provider of digital asset custody, collateral management and prime services, has partnered with Flow Traders, a proprietary trading firm and digital asset liquidity provider. Through the partnership, Flow Traders will be fully integrating its exchange trading infrastructure with ClearLoop, utilising Copper’s custodian-agnostic OTC settlement network and leveraging multiple platform features to improve…
Curley joins BNY
Dylan Curley has joined BNY in a newly created role as client coverage global head of alternatives within its asset servicing business. Curley joins from U.S. Bank’s global fund services unit where he was global head of business development. He has also worked at J.P. Morgan. Curley will be based in New York, reporting to…