Month: September 2022

Apex has been appointed by Laguna Bay, an agri fund manager, for fund administration services. Laguna Bay is a full-service fund management and direct investment platform specialising in food and agriculture. Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration services to Laguna Bay Fund 2, which is set to raise up to AUD1bn (USD672m) for…

Amundi and CACEIS have strengthened their strategic agreement to accelerate the development of Fund Channel, the B2B fund distribution platform. CACEIS will purchase 33.33pct of Fund Channel’s share capital while Amundi remains the majority shareholder. Fund Channel is the fourth-largest European B2B fund platform, offering access to over 600 fund managers and connecting with more…

Circle Eleven, the Germany-based private equity boutique, is partnering with AssetMetrix, in which BNP Paribas has a strategic stake, to enhance its investor communications. As part of the collaboration, AssetMetrix has been appointed to implement and maintain a bespoke online investor portal. Circle Eleven was founded as a platform for private equity fund investments in…

HQLAᵡ, the distributed ledger for securities finance and repo, and Wematch, a fintech company offering web-based tools and solutions to enhance the dealing process, has formed a collaboration to enhance the mobility of collateral assets in securities finance transactions. This will pave the way for any of the 90 legal entities and 900 traders already…

BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Daniel Cheever as head of securities services for Australia and New Zealand. He joins from State Street where he was most recently head of global services for Australia. Based in Sydney, he reports to Franck Dubois, head of securities services Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas, and Karine Delvallée, CEO…