IQ-EQ has appointed Clare Chang as managing director of Greater China. She was previously business development director for funds in Asia at IQ-EQ. She will report directly to Michael Marquardt, regional CEO for IQ-EQ in Asia.
Year: 2023
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank appoints UI for new RE fund
As part of its new real estate investment management business, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) will work with Universal Investment as a fund service platform provider. Universal Investment will launch and administer the planned open-ended real estate special fund, which will focus on German office properties and mixed-use properties. Deutsche Pfandbriefbank is a specialist bank for…
Trident Trust opens in Houston
Trident Trust has opened a fund services representative office in Houston, Texas. Chelsea Harrington has relocated to Houston from Trident Trust’s 130-strong fund services hub in Atlanta to open the new office. Trident’s new presence in Texas means that it now offers fund services out of four US locations, with representative offices already in place…
Galaxy closes GK8 deal
Galaxy Digital Holdings, the financial services and investment management provider in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors, has completed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of GK8, an institutional digital asset custody platform, for approximately USD44m.
Aztec supports Oakley’s Fund V
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported the mid-market private equity investor, Oakley Capital, on the final close of its fifth fund. Oakley Fund V raised EUR2.85bn (USD3bn), nearly doubling the size of its predecessor. Aztec has also been appointed to provide ongoing administration and accounting services from its Luxembourg office.
State Street makes senior client management appointments
State Street has appointed Chelsea Grossman as head of client management for its agency lending business in North America, and Cassie Jones as head of client management for securities finance in the UK and EMEA. Grossman and Jones, based in Boston and London respectively, will report to Francesco Squillacioti, global head of client management for…
SIX to provide data to FundGuard
SIX has agreed a deal with FundGuard, the SaaS investment accounting platform provider, to deliver global pricing, market and reference data to asset managers, asset owners, and asset servicers. The deal integrates SIX’s end-of-day market prices, core security master data and corporate actions notifications, offering access to clients using FundGuard’s IBOR, ABOR and NAV contingency…
U.S. Bancorp invests in Ownera
U.S. Bancorp has joined Ownera’s Series A investment round. Ownera is a fintech working on an interoperability network for tokenized assets. Ownera aims to digitise private markets, allowing banks, asset managers and exchanges to route assets more efficiently. Other participants in the funding round include J.P. Morgan. In 2021 U.S. Bank invested in Lumint and…
Broadridge hires from BNY Mellon
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Wout Kalis as head of Asia Pacific for Broadridge Asset Management Solutions. Kalis will be responsible for advancing Broadridge’s strategic asset management priorities in Asia, driving revenue growth and product expansion. He will oversee day-to-day operations and provide senior asset management leadership in the region. Most recently, he was regional…
Leadenhall appoints Waystone
Waystone, the Ireland-based administrator, has been selected as the debt fund investment administrator for Leadenhall Capital Partners’ life and alternative credit strategies. Leadenhall was launched in 2008 and currently manages c. USD5.5bn across a range of strategies including life and non-life insurance linked securities, as well as alternative private credit. Waystone will be providing investment…