Apex has agreed to acquire Banco Modal’s alternative fund administration business in Brazil (MAF). MAF will add 75 employees to the group, increasing its overall Americas headcount to over 400 people, while broadening its existing presence in LatAm through offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, complementing its Uruguay office, established in 2013. The…
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Ultimus supports Shelton’s consolidation of ICON funds
Ultimus Fund Solutions provided operational support to a fund sponsor client, Shelton Capital Management, as it restructured another mutual fund family. Earlier this year, Shelton announced a transaction with ICON Advisers after which Ultimus facilitated the consolidation of the funds and conversion from another service provider. Post conversion, Ultimus will provide fund accounting and transfer…
Broadridge links LTX corporate bond trading platform to CRD
Broadridge Financial Solutions, the U.S.-based fintech solutions provider, has integrated its new AI-driven digital trading platform, LTX, with Charles River Investment Management Solution as part of a strategy to improve efficiency in the corporate bond market. Broadridge recently appointed Art Certosimo as chairman of LTX.
4Pines hires Jonathan North from Alter Domus as head of product
4Pines Fund Services, the recently formed U.S. private equity administrator, has appointed Jonathan North as head of product. North joins from Alter Domus, where he was head of private clients for the U.S.
Brooks Macdonald signs outsourcing deal with SS&C
Brooks Macdonald, a UK wealth manager, has partnered with SS&C for technology and operational services. As part of the arrangement, Brooks Macdonald will consolidate its operations on SS&C technology. By 2021, SS&C will transition Brooks Macdonald’s operations to its technology and deploy its end-to-end wealth technology stack. Solutions include the SS&C Investrack digital service layer…
Apex to support LCP Fund II for Egypt’s Lorax Capital Partners
Apex, the Bermuda-based global fund and corporate services provider, has been appointed by Lorax Capital Partners to provide fund administration and corporate services to LCP Fund II. Lorax is an Egypt-based private equity firm. Lorax has secured commitments from five LPs, totaling USD142m, for the first close of LCP Fund II.
Intertrust launches fund governance service, Ironstone Directors
Intertrust Group, the Netherlands-based provider of corporate, fund, capital market and private wealth services, has launched a new fund governance service, Ironstone Directors, which is focused on offering independent directorship services and governance solutions.
Shirleen Ng joins Burgiss as APAC regional sales director
Shirleen Ng has joined Burgiss, the specialist provider of software to the private capital sector, as APAC regional sales director. She joins from BNY Mellon, where she was most recently APAC regional sales director for data and analytics solutions.
Sudrania launches mutual fund series trust
Sudrania Fund Services, the Chicago-based administrator, has launched a mutual fund series trust, primarily aimed at private assets fund advisors.
Mainstream hires Silva Seferian Jacotine as general counsel & head of risk
Mainstream, the Australian fund administrator which recently announced AuA of AUD210bn (USD150bn), has appointed Silva Seferian Jacotine to the newly created role of general counsel and head of risk. She was previously a partner in the corporate and investment funds group of Travers Thorp Alberga in the Cayman Islands.