Pirum, the post-trade services fintech specialising in the securities finance sector, has hired Mark Jennis to lead business development for CollateralConnect in North America. Jennis was previously at Transcend, a provider of liquidity, funding, and collateral optimisation solutions.
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Gen II completes Crestbridge acquisition
Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based independent private capital fund administrator, has closed the acquisition of Crestbridge, a UK-based provider of private capital fund administration services. The acquisition of Crestbridge expands Gen II’s presence in Luxembourg and adds jurisdictional reach in the UK, Jersey, Ireland, and other international markets, significantly broadening Gen II’s global service…
IQ-EQ backfills in Asia
Following the appointment of Sridhar Nagarajan as managing director, Singapore and regional CEO, Asia, Middle East and Africa, IQ-EQ has appointed Rehma Imrith as its new managing director for Mauritius, and Pazani Vaitilingon, head of funds, Mauritius, as chief commercial officer for Africa, India and Middle East.
Hazeltree hires CPO
Hazeltree, a U.S.-based fintech delivering treasury and intelligent operations technology for the alternative asset industry, has appointed Paul Gallant as its chief product officer. As CPO, he will oversee all of Hazeltree’s products, including solutions for hedge funds, private markets, data insights, the liquidity platform, and cash and payments. He will report to Hazeltree CEO…
Aztec supports Epiris Fund III
Aztec Group has supported Epiris, an independent private equity manager, on the launch and final close of its buyout fund, Epiris Fund III, which was oversubscribed at its hard cap of GBP1bn in third party investor commitments. Aztec has been administering Epiris’ funds since 2017 and, in addition to supporting the close of Fund III,…
Apex hires for Europe
Apex Group has appointed Navita Yadav as the super regional head of Europe and member of the group executive committee.She was previously at Vistra.
SimCorp hires Americas chief
SimCorp, the fintech owned by Deutsche Börse, has appointed Allen Zimmerman as managing director, head of Americas. Zimmerman will lead SimCorp in the region, including its analytics business Axioma. He reports to Oliver Johnson, chief revenue officer, and is based in New York. He joins from BlackRock.
IQ-EQ makes two regional appointments
Two regional appointments for IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, Sridhar Nagarajan has been appointed as managing director for Singapore and regional CEO, Asia, Middle East and Africa. He has been part of IQ-EQ’s senior leadership team since 2019. Paul Giblin has been appointed managing director for Ireland. He joined IQ-EQ in 2022 as managing director of…
BNYM works with Accenture
BNY Mellon is working with Accenture to modernise financial services offerings with an initial focus on data management and analytics product development and delivery. The companies will use technologies to provide data at new speeds to help their joint clients drive accelerated growth. Combining Accenture’s data, AI, and platform engineering expertise with BNY Mellon’s comprehensive…
SILC partners with Tokeny
The SILC Group, an alternative assets solutions provider based in Australia with more than AUD2bn (USD1.3bn) in funds under supervision, will partner with Tokeny, the institutional tokenisation solution provider in which Apex recently took a stake. Together, they aim to realise SILC’s digitalisation vision by upgrading alternative assets on to blockchain through tokenisation. The collaboration…