Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based independent private capital fund administrator, has closed the acquisition of Crestbridge, a UK-based provider of private capital fund administration services. The acquisition of Crestbridge expands Gen II’s presence in Luxembourg and adds jurisdictional reach in the UK, Jersey, Ireland, and other international markets, significantly broadening Gen II’s global service…
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IQ-EQ backfills in Asia
Following the appointment of Sridhar Nagarajan as managing director, Singapore and regional CEO, Asia, Middle East and Africa, IQ-EQ has appointed Rehma Imrith as its new managing director for Mauritius, and Pazani Vaitilingon, head of funds, Mauritius, as chief commercial officer for Africa, India and Middle East.
Aztec supports Epiris Fund III
Aztec Group has supported Epiris, an independent private equity manager, on the launch and final close of its buyout fund, Epiris Fund III, which was oversubscribed at its hard cap of GBP1bn in third party investor commitments. Aztec has been administering Epiris’ funds since 2017 and, in addition to supporting the close of Fund III,…
Apex hires for Europe
Apex Group has appointed Navita Yadav as the super regional head of Europe and member of the group executive committee.She was previously at Vistra.
IQ-EQ makes two regional appointments
Two regional appointments for IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, Sridhar Nagarajan has been appointed as managing director for Singapore and regional CEO, Asia, Middle East and Africa. He has been part of IQ-EQ’s senior leadership team since 2019. Paul Giblin has been appointed managing director for Ireland. He joined IQ-EQ in 2022 as managing director of…
SILC partners with Tokeny
The SILC Group, an alternative assets solutions provider based in Australia with more than AUD2bn (USD1.3bn) in funds under supervision, will partner with Tokeny, the institutional tokenisation solution provider in which Apex recently took a stake. Together, they aim to realise SILC’s digitalisation vision by upgrading alternative assets on to blockchain through tokenisation. The collaboration…
Ocorian hires CCO
Ocorian, the C.I.-based provider of fund administration, capital markets, corporate and fiduciary services, has appointed Frank Hattann as chief commercial officer. Based in Dublin, Ireland, he will lead the business development and marketing teams. He reports directly to CEO Chantal Free. His previous role was CEO at Alpha BGS Commercial. Prior to that he was…
IQ-EQ appoints RA global head
IQ-EQ has appointed Tamas Mark as global head of real assets, a newly created position. He joined IQ-EQ in 2020 as head of real estate for Luxembourg.
Apex appoints regional NAM head
Apex has appointed Sanjay Vatsa as regional head of North America. Vatsa has held a number of senior positions in the industry, including spells at Citi, BlackRock, and State Street.
WCM appoints Ultimus LeverPoint
WCM Investment Management, LLC, an independent asset management firm based in Laguna Beach, CA, with c. USD90 billion AuM, has appointed Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions, the private assets arm of Ultimus Fund Solutions, to provide fund administration for a number of WCM’s private funds.