Category: Independents

Clearwater Analytics, a U.S.-based provider of investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, has appointed George Hindmarsh as head of sales and business development for Asia-Pacific. He joins Clearwater from Citi, where he held senior roles in securities services across London, Edinburgh, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Most recently, he was responsible for Japan, Asia North…

Altum Group, the UK-based provider of fund, corporate and family office solutions, has appointed Scott McClure as managing director for Jersey. He previously worked at a global fund administrator and held various leadership roles at a Big 4 professional services firm.

Temenos the Swiss based fintech, has appointed Sairam Rangachari as chief product officer, Reporting to Temenos chief product and technology officer Barb Morgan, he will lead the development of Temenos’ solutions and define the company’s overall product strategy. Most recently, he founded and led the product and technology function at Tandym, a digital payment wallet…

Cohesion Asset Management Limited, an India-based investor, is partnering with Apex Invest, Apex Group’s provider of capital raising, advisory, fund distribution and IR and marketing solutions. Apex Invest will promote the flagship Cohesion MK Best Ideas fund across its global network, where it is authorised to do so.

Citco, the asset-servicing provider to the alternative investment sector, has appointed Michelle Clements and Joep Hamers as co-heads of real assets, Citco Fund Services. Clements, based in North America, joined Citco in 2022 as the head of North America real assets. Prior to joining Citco, she was with BNY for seven years as head of…

Fasanara Capital, a London-based institutional investment manager and leader in digital finance with >USD4bn AuM, has launched its first tokenised money market fund, the Fasanara MMF Token (FAST), held on the Polygon PoS public blockchain. Developed in collaboration with Apex Group, Tokeny, Chainlink, Fireblocks, and XBTO, FAST offers investors a faster, more cost-effective, and money…

Ali Osman has joined Waystone as head of product pricing and leads global pricing strategy. Before joining Waystone he was product manager for institutional investors at BNP Paribas. Prior to this, he held a combination of product solutions, strategy and financial management roles in both the UAE and the UK for Citi’s custody and fund…

Maples Group has supported Warba Bank with launch of USD200m Islamic fund. Warba, a Kuwait-based bank with a track record in Islamic finance, has expanded its global investment product offering by establishing a Cayman Islands-based Shariah-compliant structure to allocate capital to its newly established Warba Islamic Income Fund with the assistance of Maples Group and…

Allvue Systems, LLC, a provider of alternative investment solutions, has acquired PFA Solutions LLC, a provider of compensation and carried interest software solutions for firms across private equity, private debt and venture capital. PFA’s flagship product, FirmView, combined with Allvue’s platform, will help CFOs and finance teams streamline fund operations and accounting workflows.