Vistra, the Singapore-based fund services provider, has appointed Abdel Hmitti as managing director and global head of funds. He reports to William Douglas, Vistra’s chief commercial officer, and intends to relocate to the U.S. later this year. Hmitti will lead Vistra’s funds business, overseeing the teams responsible for commercial, relationship management, product development, and digital…
Category: Alts
Socium partners with Hedgebay
Socium Fund Services, a U.S.-based Suntera Global company specialising in private equity and private credit fund administration, is partnering with Hedgebay Securities, LLC, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer. Hedgebay helps match sophisticated buyers and seller of hedge fund interests and other illiquid alternative investment assets. This collaboration aims to deliver tailored secondary market liquidity solutions to GPs…
Cit completes PA tokenisation PoC
Citi has completed a proof of concept on tokenisation of private funds along with Wellington Management and WisdomTree. With ABN AMRO simulating the role of a traditional investor, the PoC tested the tokenisation of a Wellington-issued private equity fund by bringing it on to a DLT network. The underlying fund distribution rules were encoded into…
IQ-EQ opens in GIFT City
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, is now licensed to do business in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) in India. GIFT City is sponsored by the Indian government with the vision of creating a world-class finance and IT hub, connecting India to the world. It is home to India’s global bullion exchange and the International…
Komainu hires EMEA sales lead
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian backed by Nomura, has hired Chad Walls as EMEA sales lead, based in London. He joins from Nickel Digital Asset Management.
Altum hires from Apex – again
Tom Buist has joined Altum as director, funds and institutional, in its Jersey-based unit. He was previously at Apex following its acquisition of Sanne.
MUFG hires from Credit Suisse
MUFG Investor Services has hired Tim Bulmer as global head of asset-backed fund financing, based in London. He was previously at Credit Suisse.
Hudson Bay expands with SS&C
Hudson Bay Capital Management, a U.S.-based investment firm with USD20bn AuM, has appointed SS&C GlobeOp as its fund administrator. The collaboration expands the relationship with SS&C, which already covers a range of SS&C solutions for trade operations and investor support.
Palmer launches in Spain
Palmer, the UK-based private capital administrator, has launched an operation in Madrid, Spain. The local team will be led by Manuel Rodríguez and Pilar García. Palmer recently received regulatory approval to operate in the Channel Islands.
MUFG reaches USD1trn AuA, but…
MUFG Investor Services has issued a press release that can only be described, at best, as economical with the truth. In announcing that AuA has surpassed USD1trn, MUFG claims that it is a “global leader” in asset servicing and one of the largest fund administrators in the world, neither of which stands up to scrutiny.…