Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has made three appointments in Luxembourg. Susana Carvalho joins as associate director, head of funds operations. She was previously head of operations at a Luxembourg-based alternative investment fund manager. Emmanuelle Poret joins as head of client onboarding. She previously led the client relationship management department for Arendt Services. Rachel Aguirre joins…
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Link sells South African registry business to JSE
Link Group, the Australia-based administrator, has agreed to sell its 74.85pct holding in Link Market Services South Africa to JSE Limited. Link Group will receive proceeds of R224.5m. Link Group entered the South African registry market in 2006. JSE is Africa’s largest multi-asset class stock exchange.
Ultimus to Acquire LeverPoint Management
Ultimus Fund Solutions has agreed to acquire LeverPoint Management, a U.S.-based provider of fund administration and support services to private equity, venture capital and real estate managers. Ultimus’ private fund business will operate as Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions and will provide administration for approximately USD90bn of private fund assets across 230 clients. In total,…
Aberdeen Standard Investments consolidates TA with SS&C
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), a UK-based asset manager with >USD676bn AuM, has signed a multi-year contract with SS&C until 2025 for transfer agency services. SS&C helped ASI to consolidate and standardise investor servicing across the combined Aberdeen and Standard Life global operations following the 2017 merger.
SS&C promotes Eamonn Greaves to head global sales
SS&C has made two senior sales appointments. Eamonn Greaves has been promoted to global head of sales. Rob Stone succeed Greaves as head of alternative assets sales in North America. Greaves reports to Rahul Kanwar, president and chief operating officer, and Stone will report to Greaves.
Apex to service EUR10.6bn Prologis European Logistics Fund
Prologis, the U.S.-based industrial real estate investment manager, has selected Apex Group to provide depositary and transfer agency services to the Prologis European Logistics Fund. PELF is Europe’s largest open-ended logistics fund, with assets valued at EUR10.6bn. The fund, which is domiciled in Luxembourg, will be serviced by the Apex subsidiary, European Depositary Bank.
C.I. consolidation as Oak and Fairway agree to merge
05AUG19: Oak and Fairway Group, both C.I.-based administrators, plan to merge. Fairway is an owner-managed fiduciary business with over 100 employees offering trust, corporate, fund administration and pension services in Jersey. Oak, a private client, corporate services and fund administration business, has its HQ in Guernsey, with offices in the Isle of Man, Jersey, Luxembourg,…
NES Financial to service Resolute’s energy funds
05AUG19: NES Financial, the Silicon Valley-based administrator, has been selected by Resolute Capital Partners as the third-party administrator for the firm’s energy asset funds.
Lisa Crawley joins Alter Domus as COO
05AUG19: Lisa Crawley has been appointed chief operating officer of the Luxembourg-based Alter Domus Group. She will be responsible for Alter Domus’ operations globally, reporting directly to Aidan Connolly, CEO. Before joining Alter Domus, Crawley was director of business support at Worldpay in the UK.
Nickolaus Darsch joins Ultimus from SS&C
31JUL19: Nickolaus Darsch has joined Ultimus Fund Solutions as senior vice president, business development. Prior to Ultimus, he held multiple roles within SS&C Technologies (including predecessor firms DST Systems, ALPS and Boston Financial Data Services) in sales, strategic relationship management, product and research groups.