Sanne, the C.I.-based alternatives administrator, has agreed to acquire Inbhear Fund Services and Inbhear Management Services for an upfront consideration of EUR6.6m (USD7.2m), and an earn-out over the next three years capped at EUR7.8m (USD8.6m). Inbhear is a Dublin-based fund administrator with a presence in Cayman.
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IQ-EQ hires Bram Eijsbouts as Lux head of bus dev
IQ-EQ has appointed Bram Eijsbouts as head of business development for Luxembourg, a newly created position. He will report directly to Fèmy Mouftaou, IQ-EQ Luxembourg’s chief commercial director. Eijsbouts previously spent 10 years at Intertrust, which recently lost a team of five Luxembourg senior managers who moved to TMF.
Centaur secures equity investment from FTV Capital
Centaur Fund Services, the Dublin-based provider of administration and regulatory services for the alternative investment fund industry, has secured an equity investment from FTV Capital, a U.S.-based private equity firm. Ronan Daly, Karen Malone and Eric Bertrand, Centaur’s founders, will continue their leadership roles and remain significant shareholders in the company. As part of the…
HSS hires Frederic Van Ingelgom for bus dev role in Lux
HSBC Securities Services has hired Frederic Van Ingelgom as head of business development & client management for asset owners & managers in Luxembourg. He will report to Paul Heffernan, head of business development & client management, asset manager sector, HSS Europe, and Niccolo Polli, chief executive officer, HSBC Luxembourg. He joins from BBH where he…
CANDRIAM to move from RBC to CACEIS
CACEIS has finally confirmed that CANDRIAM, the French asset manager, will migrate asset servicing activities (custody, fund administration, transfer agency) for its Luxembourg and French funds from RBC I&TS to CACEIS. The migration will start at the end of March 2020, following approval by the competent regulatory authorities. It will take place in three waves…
IQ-EQ hires John Legrand to head UK & Ireland
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed John Legrand as managing director of UK and Ireland. He joins from eFront, the BlackRock-owned alternative investment software provider, where he was managing director for Asia Pacific. Before that, he spent 10 years with BNY Mellon in Singapore and London.
TMF hires Frank Welman and team from Intertrust
TMF Group, a provider of administration services based in Amsterdam, has appointed a new senior executive. Frank Welman joins from Intertrust in Luxembourg, where he was managing director of Western Europe for five years. He is joined by four other senior hires who are also moving across from Intertrust to take up roles at TMF.…
Aztec appointed as depositary for Stafford Capital Partners
The Aztec Group, a C.I.-based administrator, has been selected to provide depositary services to Stafford Capital Partners, a U.S. real assets and private markets investment and advisory group. Aztec will act as a depositary to 13 investment vehicles with over USD1.9bn in assets.
Storebrand appoints Northern Trust in Luxembourg
Northern Trust has been selected by Nordic investment manager Storebrand Asset Management AS as asset servicing provider for its AIF and UCITS funds domiciled in Luxembourg. Northern Trust will provide global custody, fund administration, transfer agency, depositary, and company secretarial services for the Storebrand funds in Luxembourg. The UCITS umbrella fund will operate a number…
Doug Hart takes over as group CEO at Alter Domus
Further senior management changes at Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based provider of fund and corporate services. Doug Hart has been appointed group CEO, replacing Aidan Connolly, who was made interim CEO in 2018 following the departure of Laurent Vanderweyen. Hart joined Alter Domus following the acquisition of Cortland Capital Markets in 2018, and subsequently led Alter…