The DMS Group, a Cayman-based provider of governance, risk and compliance services, has acquired Oligo Swiss Fund Services, a Swiss FINMA-accredited fund services company. Oligo is authorised and regulated to represent foreign funds distributed in Switzerland with a service that includes fund representation, distribution services and arrangements with the paying agent bank. Oligo currently works…
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Alter Domus hires State Street’s Paul Woods to head North America
Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based provider of fund and corporate services, has appointed Paul Woods as regional executive for North America, with a brief to expand the group’s presence in the North American private capital markets. Based in Boston, Paul will report directly to Doug Hart, CEO, and joins the group executive board. Woods joins from…
Mainstream to administer AUD40m emerging markets impact fund
Mainstream, an Australian administrator, has been appointed as administrator and custodian to the AUD40m Emerging Markets Impact Investment Fund, a fund of funds sponsored by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with Sarona Asset Management as manager and Perpetual as trustee.
Intertrust to service new infrastructure fund for Copenhagen Investment Partners
Intertrust, the Netherlands-based provider of fund and corporate services, has been appointed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to provide financial, legal and depositary services, in both Luxembourg and Australia, for a new infrastructure fund. The fund, CI IV, reached a first close of EUR1.5bn, with a target fund size of EUR 5.5bn.
JTC to service LBI acquisition for Brooks Macdonald Int’l
JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has been appointed to provide fund administration and registrar services to Brooks Macdonald International following the latter’s announcement that it is to acquire the Channel Islands funds and wealth management business of Lloyds Bank International, subject to regulatory approval. JTC will be providing services to Brooks Macdonald’s newly acquired business through…
Apex makes senior appointments in Luxembourg
Apex Group, the Bermuda-based administrator, has made three senior appointments in Luxembourg. Frederic Bilas joins as COO – Luxembourg, following a decade as director of operations at European Fund Administration. Bilas will report directly to group COO, Chris Mulhern. Ramón van Heusden also joins the Luxembourg team as head of real estate. This appointment follows…
SS&C appoints co-heads of Advent as Robert Roley departs
SS&C has appointed Karen Geiger and Steve Leivent as co-heads of SS&C Advent. Geiger will manage the SS&C Advent asset management and alternatives solutions portfolio. She most recently led a team of 300 technologists as chief development officer. Leivent will manage SS&C Advent’s advisory focused business which includes more than 2,000 clients using several solutions,…
Archer hires Diana Russillo as director of product & technology
Archer, a U.S.-based technology services provider to the asset management industry, has hired Diana Russillo in a newly created role as director of product & technology. Joining from Cartesian, Russillo will work with asset managers to accelerate technology-related aspects of their growth plans, manage select testing aspects of Archer’s continuous-deployment technology process, and assist clients…
Gen II adds Marty Dobbins and Chris Edge to Luxembourg board
Gen II Luxembourg Services SARL, the Luxembourg-based business of Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based private equity administrator, has added Marty Dobbins and Chris Edge to its board of directors. Dobbins is the CEO and founder of Sage Advisory, s.a.r.l, an advisory firm, and was formerly CEO & country head for State Street’s European and…
SANNE appoints Catherine Law to head Asia bus dev
SANNE, the UK-listed provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Catherine Law as head of business development for Asia. Based in SANNE’s Hong Kong office, Law joins from Apex, where she was head of sales for alternative fund services in greater China.