SANNE, the UK-based provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services, has been appointed by ACA Manager (Mauritius) Ltd, a member of the African Capital Alliance Group, to provide fund accounting and administrative services. ACA is a pan-African private equity investment firm sponsoring funds and managing investments in sub-Saharan Africa.
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IQ-EQ hires for Luxembourg, India
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has expanded its Luxembourg senior management team with the appointment of Peter Corry as country delivery director, fund services, and Emilie Romain as client director, funds. Corry was previously at State Street, whilst Romain joins from RBS International. IQ-EQ also hired Sukanya Lal as business development director focusing on India. She…
SANNE hires Christopher Thoume for prod dev role in London
SANNE, the UK-based provider of alternative asset and corporate services, has appointed Christopher Thoume as director, product development in its London office. He will specialise in the development of SANNE’s product and digital solutions. He was previously the chief of staff to KPMG’s global head of fintech and COO of its UK blockchain and digital…
JTC to acquire NES Financial
JTC, the C.I.-based funds and corporate services provider, has agreed to acquire NES Financial, a U.S.-based provider of specialist fund administration services. Founded in 2005, NESF has 58 employees, all of whom will join JTC, delivering services from Boston, Massachusetts, where its fund administration operation is based, and San Jose, California, which is the company’s…
Intertrust to provide depositary services for Altor PE funds
Altor Fund Manager, a Sweden-based manager of private equity funds, has appointed Intertrust to provide depositary services to Altor Fund IV and Altor Fund V, which are domiciled in Sweden Altor Fund IV closed in 2014 with a committed capital of EUR2bn and Altor Fund V closed in 2019 with a committed capital of EUR…
Vistra hires four PE specialists from TMF
Vistra, the independent fund administration, trust and corporate services provider, has hired a team of four private equity specialists from TMF Group. All are based in the U.S. Anastasia (Kim) Williams, commercial sales director, recently led the private equity practice in North America at the TMF Group. Prior to that, she was a senior member…
UMB FS hires Mike Huisman to head TA
UMB Fund Services has hired Mike Huisman as senior vice president, director of transfer agency. He joins from Envision Financial Systems, where he was the head of alternative product solutions. Scott Schulenburg, who has run transfer agency since 2015, is moving into a client relationship management role.
EFA to administer REINO RF CEE RE fund
EFA, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has been appointed to provide administration services to the REINO RF CEE Real Estate Fund, a RAIF formed as part of a strategic collaboration between Poland-based REINO Capital and Australian firm RF CorVal. The fund, targeting the Polish real estate market, will have EUR750m of assets under administration and will be…
Sudrania FS receives further funding from Bodhi Tree AM
Sudrania Fund Services Corp, a Chicago-based fund administration and technology company, has received another round of strategic seed investment from Bodhi Tree Asset Management. This investment is a follow up from an initial investment made by Bodhi Tree in 2018. Shalin Madan, the CIO of Bodhi Tree, will join Sudrania’s advisory board. Sudrania currently has…
Apex appoints co-heads for PERE business
Apex, the Bermuda-based administrator, has appointed co-heads for its private equity and real estate business, which administers c. USD300bn. Elaine Chim is appointed head of private equity and real estate for the Americas, and Gareth Smith is head of private equity and real estate for the EMEA and APAC regions. Chim joined Apex in 2018…