Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based fund and corporate services provider, has appointed three new country executives in Europe, all reporting to George Rologis, head of EMEA. Mark Gebauer has been appointed country executive for Germany. He was an associate partner at Ernst and Young. Therese Wijnen has been appointed country executive for the Netherlands. She joins…
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BNY Mellon strengthens EMEA private markets team
BNY Mellon has strengthened its EMEA private markets team with the appointments of Greg Kok and Robert Burchett-Coates. Kok joins as director, private equity, real estate, debt and infrastructure, and will be based in Luxembourg. He was previously at Maitland, where he was head of management company services. Based in London, Burchett-Coates joins as director,…
Ultimus to Acquire LeverPoint Management
Ultimus Fund Solutions has agreed to acquire LeverPoint Management, a U.S.-based provider of fund administration and support services to private equity, venture capital and real estate managers. Ultimus’ private fund business will operate as Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions and will provide administration for approximately USD90bn of private fund assets across 230 clients. In total,…
SS&C promotes Eamonn Greaves to head global sales
SS&C has made two senior sales appointments. Eamonn Greaves has been promoted to global head of sales. Rob Stone succeed Greaves as head of alternative assets sales in North America. Greaves reports to Rahul Kanwar, president and chief operating officer, and Stone will report to Greaves.
Apex to service EUR10.6bn Prologis European Logistics Fund
Prologis, the U.S.-based industrial real estate investment manager, has selected Apex Group to provide depositary and transfer agency services to the Prologis European Logistics Fund. PELF is Europe’s largest open-ended logistics fund, with assets valued at EUR10.6bn. The fund, which is domiciled in Luxembourg, will be serviced by the Apex subsidiary, European Depositary Bank.
NES Financial to service Resolute’s energy funds
05AUG19: NES Financial, the Silicon Valley-based administrator, has been selected by Resolute Capital Partners as the third-party administrator for the firm’s energy asset funds.
IQ-EQ buys Peru & Partners
29JUL19: IQ-EQ (formerly SGG Group), the Luxembourg-based administrator, has acquired Peru & Partners, a Paris-based consulting firm and fund administrator dedicated to the private equity market. The acquisition adds to IQ-EQ’s existing Paris-based business, Equitis. Established in 2009 by its principal, Sebastien Peru, the business will add fund administration, CFO services, GP and portfolio company…
Northern Trust launches agency options trading desk
25JUL19: Northern Trust has established a dedicated options trading desk within its institutional brokerage business. The Chicago-based options desk provides institutional clients globally with options trading and streamlined reporting for prime brokerage. Options trading at Northern Trust is offered through an agency model with no principal trading operation. Northern Trust executes more than USD350bn notional…
Vistra to service Catella’s Lux-domiciled residential fund
22JUL19: Vistra has been appointed as AIFM and depositary of Catella European Residential Fund III. The fund is the first Luxembourg-based pan-European vehicle allowing international investors access to a geographically diversified portfolio of assets in the residential sector.
BP2S links to Broadridge for hedge fund front-to-back solution
22JUL19: BNP Paribas Securities Services has extended its front-to-back outsourcing model for hedge funds with a connection to front office provider Broadridge. With the deployment of Broadridge’s Portfolio Master (formerly Paladyne), a full asset class portfolio management platform with integrated risk and portfolio rebalancing capabilities, BP2S can now offer clients a fully integrated end-to-end outsourcing…