Varys Capital has appointed FundRock Investment Management Services (ME) Ltd, the Apex-owned fund management company, to manage a feeder fund, Varys Capital Ventures (CEIC) Limited in the Abu Dhabi Global Market. Apex Fund Services (AD) Limited has been appointed as fund administrator.
Category: Alts
Citco launches fails management service
Citco has launched a standalone, settlement-exception management service that may help to prevent trade fails. Æxeo FailSafe provides alternative asset managers with an overview of all pre-and post-settlement trading information for their funds across multiple brokers, without the need to review several reports or access multiple portals. Covering pre-and-post-settlement, Æxeo FailSafe provides consolidated oversight across…
BBH launches liquidity management tool
BBH has launched a liquidity management tool (LMT) for traditional and alternative funds, allowing asset managers to supervise multiple fund liquidity scenarios based on investor flows in a fully digital, customisable and controlled environment. LMT receives real-time transactional feeds and proactively notifies asset managers if their custom thresholds have been exceeded. LMT supports liquidity management…
Universal hires CTO
Universal Investment Group, the European fund services platform and Super ManCo, has appointed John Burns as its group chief technology officer and a member of the executive board, He joins from DWS Group, where he most recently served as global head of technology and operations.
Northern to service new ELTIF
Partners Group has appointed Northern Trust to provide fund accounting, transfer agency, depositary and corporate secretarial services for its new European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF)-compliant Private Equity Evergreen Fund, structured as a Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV. Based in Switzerland, Partners Group is a private markets firm with USD147bn AuM.
BGV signs with Allvue
Allvue Systems, a provider of alternative investment technology solutions, has been mandated by BGV to provide investor portal software. BGV is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley focusing on global Enterprise 4.0 technology innovation. Allvue’s solutions will streamline the growing firm’s investor relations and prospective investor communications efforts through the delivery of…
NAV launches in Ireland
NAV Fund Administration Group, a provider of fund administration services to alternative asset managers, has launched NAV Fund Services (Ireland) Ltd., authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland to provide fund administration services, including fund accounting and transfer agency, in Ireland. NAV Fund Services (Ireland) Ltd. is headed by CEO Ray Murphy, joining from IQ-EQ.
CACEIS launches digital assets business line
CACEIS has established a digital assets business line The business, stemming from the Digital Assets Group project with Crédit Agricole CIB, brings together a team of people with expertise in digital asset custody, IT infrastructure design, and related functions such as compliance, legal, and risk management. It is designed to sit alongside CACEIS’ operating model…
Novata raises funds
Novata, a fintech that provides ESG data for private markets investments, has completed a new round of financing from returning investors Hamilton Lane and S&P Global, and a new investor, Motive Ventures, which is backed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. In 2023 Novata struck a deal with Northern Trust, an investor, to provide its…
Komainu hires head of partnerships
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian that is partly backed by Nomura, has appointed Neil Batchelor as global head of partnerships. Batchelor will be responsible for leading partnerships globally, further enhancing existing infrastructure and service provider collaborations, and driving new strategic partnerships across the digital assets and institutional securities servicing ecosystems. He joins Komainu from…