Equity Trustees, the Australia-based provider, has been appointed as local Responsible Entity (trustee) by Foord Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Limited. The new Foord Global Equity Australian Feeder Fund invests exclusively in the Foord SICAV, Foord Global Equity Fund (Luxembourg).
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SDX partners with Fireblocks
SDX Web3 Services, SIX Digital Exchange’s Web3 unit, has formed a partnership with Fireblocks, the digital asset and crypto technology platform, to provide financial institutions and institutional investors with a set of infrastructure services for the distributed economy. Initially, this partnership will focus on delivering an institutional custody solution for digital assets, providing a transition…
GemCap hires for compliance
GemCap, the Ireland-based ManCo, has appointed Emily Gallagher as compliance associate, working alongside Brian Ormonde Murphy, head of compliance. She joins from Accenture.
Encore expands relationship with Apex
Apex has been appointed by Encore Capital Management to provide fund administration, investor reporting and tax services. Encore is a U.S.-based real estate developer, operator, and institutional investment management firm, with >USD2bn AuM. Encore has been a longstanding tax compliance and structuring client of FTS, a tax services provider, in which Apex took a majority…
SG-FORGE partners with METACO
Société Générale – FORGE (SG – FORGE), a subsidiary of Société Générale, which provides issuers and investors with end-to-end services to issue, invest and manage digital-native security tokens registered on public blockchains, has selected METACO, the Swiss-based provider of digital asset management technology and infrastructure, to orchestrate its digital asset custody operations. The partnership enables…
DSG expands Apex relationship
Apex has expanded its relationship with DSG Consumer Partners, an investor in consumer businesses in India & Southeast Asia. DSG Consumer Partners has recently appointed Apex in Mauritius and Singapore to provide fund solutions for its fourth fund, Singapore-domiciled DSG Consumer Partners VCC. Apex was initially appointed by DSG Consumer Partners in 2019 to provide…
CACEIS allies with Taurus
CACEIS has signed an agreement with Taurus, a Swiss company that focuses on the digital assets and blockchain space, to use its platform. CACEIS’ objective is to offer secure custody of digital assets using Taurus-PROTECT, including automated corporate action processing, dividend payments and Smart Contract management, digital asset issuance and tokenisation on blockchain using Taurus-CAPITAL,…
Northern Trust combines digital and traditional asset services
Northern Trust has established a digital assets and financial markets group, led by Justin Chapman, currently global head of market advocacy, innovation and research. The new group combines the teams responsible for supporting digital asset markets and the traditional network management teams.
Apex to service Octopus funds in Australia
Apex has been appointed by Octopus Investments Australia to provide services to its fund structures focused on renewables investment. Octopus Australia manages >AUD1bn (USD690m) of construction and operational assets. Apex will provide fund administration, investor onboarding, share registry and tax services for new fund structures dedicated to investing in renewable energy in Australia.
Joe Scott joins Ultimus LeverPoint
Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions, a specialist private fund administrator with >USD150bn AuA, has hired Joe Scott. He will play a strategic, client-facing role as he oversees multiple fund administration teams that service the firm’s client base. Previously, Scott was at UMB Fund Services where he oversaw six accounting teams across various locations while leading…