HIGHVERN, the C.I.-based administrator, is expanding its funds team in Jersey with the appointment of two senior managers. Dennis Cruz joins as director, fund accounting in Jersey, whilst Richard Go is appointed director of funds.
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TMF hires from State Street
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of business administration services, has appointed Gareth Casement as head of loan administration. Based in Dublin, he will report to Daniel Max, head of global solutions. Casement joins from State Street.
Taurus opens in DIFC
Taurus SA, the Swiss digital asset infrastructure provider, has opened an office in Dubai. Bashir Kazour will head the new office, which is based in the DIFC.
SEBA links with SGKB
SEBA Bank, a full-service, global crypto bank, has launched its partnership with St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB), Switzerland’s fifth largest cantonal bank, enabling digital asset custody and brokerage services for SGKB’s clients. Having obtained its FINMA banking licence in 2019, SEBA Bank is among the first financial institutions to bring digital assets to the Swiss market and…
Terazo links with Tokeny
Terazo, a private market investment platform based in India, has joined forces with Tokeny, the tokenization platform, to launch the first regulated tokenised real estate asset in India under the regulatory sandbox framework established by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). Oryx, a USD50m greenfield development, is the first regulated tokenised real estate project…
Copper acquires ADGM brokerage
Copper, the UK-based institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, has acquired Securrency Capital Limited, a full-service, regulated blockchain-enabled brokerage firm offering digital securities trading based in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Securrency Capital’s platform, powered by Securrency’s digital asset infrastructure and compliance solutions, provides investors with access to global securities, delivering 24/7 trading with near-real…
HV adds to CACEIS mandate
HV Capital, a European early-stage and growth investor, has added an additional four private equity structures to the portfolio under depositary at CACEIS Germany. CACEIS now provides depositary services for 12 of HV Capital’s Special-AIFs, representing c. EUR2.1bn (USD2.2bn) in assets.
Socium partners with Cascata
Socium Fund Services, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Suntera Global specialising in private equity, private credit, real estate, and venture capital fund administration, has partnered with Cascata Solutions, a provider of automated waterfall distribution software. Together, they aim to deliver carried interest, management fee, and expense accounting services for Socium’s private fund clients.
HSBC to launch digital assets custody service
HSBC plans to launch a new digital assets custody service for institutional clients who invest in tokenised securities. Once live in 2024, HSBC’s new service will complement HSBC Orion, the bank’s platform for issuing digital assets, as well as HSBC’s recently launched offering for tokenised physical gold. The new service does not cover cryptocurrencies or…
DZ BANK launches digital asset custody service
DZ BANK, a BaFin-regulated financial institution and one of the largest custodians and depositary banks in Germany, has launched an institutional digital asset custody offering. Metaco’s Harmonize solution has been deployed as the service platform. One of the first use cases was to onboard a Siemens tokenised bond, in which both DZ BANK and Union…