Zedra, the Switzerland-based administrator, is has appointed Peter Brown as managing director of its Luxembourg office. He was previously at Aztec.
Category: Independents
Juniper Square to acquire in Lux
Juniper Square, a provider of fund software and administration solutions for private markets, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Forstone Luxembourg, a division of Forstone Group, Forstone Luxembourg provides fund administration, transfer agency, and other fund services in Luxembourg. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. following which Forstone Luxembourg will operate as…
Carne & WTW launch LTAF
Carne, the European third-party ManCo and provider of fund regulation and governance solutions for the asset management industry, and WTW, the global institutional investment solutions firm, have gained regulatory approval for the launch of a private equity-focused Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF). The new fund, CG WTW Private Equity Access LTAF, will offer institutional and…
Langham Hall supports Phoenix
Langham Hall, the UK-based administrator, has been appointed as fund administrator for Phoenix Equity Partners’ latest private equity fund and the newly launched Growth Partnership Fund. Phoenix has secured over>GBP600m in new commitments, with GBP400m allocated to the flagship fund and GBP200m to the Growth Partnership Fund.
TMF hires three seniors
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of compliance and administrative services, has appointed three new leaders to its ExCo. Dan Thomas will be joining as chief commercial officer (CCO). He has served on the ExCo of KPMG UK for the past seven years and previously held several leadership roles within KPMG, including head of corporates and…
Giles re-joins Prescient
Niki Giles has re-joined Prescient Fund Services as head of strategy. Most recently, she was CFO at Sygnia, where she was responsible for finance and institutional administration, and oversaw the launching of their first actively managed ETF in 2024. Prior to that, she headed governance, risk & compliance at Prescient.
Equiom hires ME head
Equiom, a UK-based provider of private client, family office, and corporate services, has appointed Jonathan Wheeler as head of Middle East. Based in Dubai, he will lead the strategic direction and operations across Equiom’s Middle East businesses, overseeing offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Wheeler was previously at TMF Group.
Aztec hires for U.S.
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has hired two seniors for its U.S. business. Sadrack Belony joins as head of U.S. investor services, and Megan MacAniff joins as head of U.S. client solutions. Belony will lead and grow the investor services team and functionality, including investor services, corporate services, and treasury and banking. He has previously…
JTC supports Norlantic fund launch
Norlantic Capital, a U.S.-based private markets firm, has established Norlantic ICAV, an umbrella ICAV authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as a QIAIF with segregated liability between sub-funds. Norlantic ICAV is an AIF. Norlantic ICAV is managed by JTC Global AIFM Solutions (Ireland) Limited.
BR launches eFront Provider
BlackRock has launched eFront Provider, designed to enable asset servicers to offer asset managers a modern fund servicing experience, complete with real-time views into their private markets investor, fund and investment data. eFront Provider complements BlackRock’s widely used fund administration, investor servicing and data management capabilities for private markets asset servicers. Apex has been onboarded…