Category: Offshore

ZEDRA, the Switzerland-based administrator, has appointed Damien Fitzgerald as head of funds for Guernsey. Prior to joining ZEDRA, he was head of funds at TMF Group in Guernsey, Zedra’s Guernsey fund team specialises in fund establishment and administration, company secretarial services and governance, as well as financial accounting and NAV production. In Q4 2020, ZEDRA’s…

Aztec, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported MML Capital, a private equity investment firm and longstanding client, with the fundraising activities and final close of its latest fund, MML Partnership Capital VII SCSp. MML broke through its hard cap, raising EUR670m (USD783m). Aztec will provide administration and accounting services to the fund and its investment structures…

State Street has appointed new country heads for Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Andreas Niklaus has been appointed as the head of Germany, Riccardo Lamanna as the head of Luxembourg and Dagmar Kamber Borens as the head of Switzerland. They will be responsible for developing business, stewarding client engagement, developing talent, and building the company’s brand…

JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has strengthened its Guernsey senior leadership team with the appointment of Graham Sleep as director – fund services. Sleep joined JTC in 2015 following the acquisition of Kleinwort Benson’s fund administration business and he is relocating to Guernsey from JTC’s Cape Town office in South Africa. He will assume responsibility for…

Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has promoted Charlotte Cruickshank to global head of fund onboarding and solutions. Based in Jersey, she will oversee fund services for private equity, venture capital, real estate, and infrastructure fund managers, reporting to Mike Hughes, global head of service lines and business development. She joined Ocorian in 2018.

Crestbridge, the C.I.-based provider of private equity and real estate administration, has received regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Ireland to provide fund administration services in Ireland. Crestbridge opened an office in Dublin earlier this year, and the CBI approval is in anticipation of client demand for ILP fund servicing.

Hugo Smyth has joined Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, as head of business development – UK & Europe – capital markets. He is based in London and reports to Simon Behan, chief commercial officer. He joins from Deutsche Bank. Ocorian’s capital markets business includes loan administration and agency, debt restructuring and trustee services.

Carne Group, the European provider of ManCo and fund governance services, has announced changes to its executive committee. Pascal Dufour, based in Luxembourg, takes on the role of Carne’s group chief product officer. Des Fullam, based in Dublin, takes on the role of Carne’s head of regulation & client solutions. Earlier this year Carne hired…