NES Financial, the Silicon Valley-based administrator owned by JTC, has been contracted to provide its Opportunity Zone fund administration solution to Puerto Rico Opportunity Zone Fund, LP, an Opportunity Zone fund managed by Monllor Capital Partners LLC, a minority-owned alternative asset manager and fund sponsor with operations in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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BondEvalue appoints Citi as bond custodian
Citi has been selected by BondEvalue Pte Ltd to act as a custodian for the underlying bonds traded on BondbloX, its digital exchange for fractionalized assets. Under the agreement, Citi will provide asset safekeeping and servicing solutions. BondEvalue, a Singaporean fintech company founded in 2016, launched the world’s first fractional bond exchange in 2020 after…
State Street hires BNY Mellon’s Ann Fogarty
State Street has hired BNY Mellon’s Ann Fogarty as deputy head of the global delivery unit. She has responsibility for State Street’s custody, middle office, transfer agency and client service operations. Fogarty reports to Liz Nolan, head of global delivery. She will also join State Street’s management committee. At BNY Mellon, Fogarty was most recently…
AMF approves FundRock’s French AIFM service
FundRock, the European third-party ManCo and AIFM that is owned by Apex Group, has received regulatory approval from AMF, the French financial markets regulator, for FFAM, its new AIFM service in France. The new service will assist international and domestic professional investors in accessing alternative asset classes, including private equity and real estate.
State Street appoints O’Reilly to head alts in EMEA
State Street has appointed Vincent Georgel-O’Reilly as regional segment head for alternatives in EMEA. In this new role, O’Reilly covers hedge funds and private markets and is responsible for advancing the investment services strategic direction, product structuring, sales and operations in EMEA. He reports to Paul Fleming, global head of alternatives and Joerg Ambrosius, chief…
Link Group supports re-launch of Switzer FI fund in Australia
Link Group, the Australia-based administrator, and Switzer Asset Management have re-launched the Switzer High Yield Fund as a quoted managed (active ETF) fund, allowing units to be bought and sold on the stock exchange as well as directly from the issuer. This is the first fixed-income quoted managed fund to be launched on the Australian…
Apex to administer ETC for ETC Group
Apex Group is providing ETC Group with administrative support and trustee services for BTCetc ETC Group Physical Bitcoin, an exchange traded cryptocurrency (ETC) that tracks the price of Bitcoin, distributed by HANetf Limited. The ETC, which is listed on Deutsche Börse’s XETRA and SIX Swiss Exchange, has gathered >USD1.2bn AuM since launch in June 2020.…
BNY Mellon invests in Fireblocks
Fireblocks, a provider of software to store, transfer and issue digital assets, has raised USD133m in Series C venture capital funding. BNY Mellon is one of the investors.
USA Mutuals moves funds to Ultimus
Ultimus Fund Solutions has been selected by USA Mutuals to provide fund accounting, administration, transfer agency and shareholder services for its mutual funds. Ultimus helped USA Mutuals reorganise and convert their mutual funds from their previous provider earlier this year. As part of the conversion, the USA Mutuals funds were moved from their previous standalone…
SS&C launches risk scenario & simulation service
SS&C has launched SS&C Algorithmics Scenarios-as-a-Service (ScaaS), a subscription-based risk scenario and simulation service. Using financial risk modeling and the latest global datasets, ScaaS provides stress testing scenarios on macroeconomic factors. The first scenario in the series focuses on the impact of pandemics such as COVID-19. Pandemic risk is the first of a set of…