Equity Trustees, the Australia-based provider of administration services, has been appointed responsible entity (trustee) and custodian for the Metrics Direct Income Fund, managed by Metrics Credit Partners, an Australian non-bank corporate lender and alternative asset manager specialising in origination and active management of private debt portfolios. The fund seeks to provide monthly cash income, capital…
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Perennial appoints Apex for new fund
Apex has been appointed by Perennial Partners to provide fund administration services to Perennial Private Ventures Fund. The fund is aiming to raise AUD200m (USD145m) to invest in high growth private businesses. The launch of the fund follows the success of Perennial’s three existing private to public fund strategies – also administered by Apex –…
IQ-EQ to support African impact firm
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has been appointed to provide fund administration services to EG Capital, an East African impact investment firm headquartered in Mauritius with offices in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia.
New Forests appoints Apex for new fund
Apex has been appointed by New Forests to provide fund services to Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2). New Forests, an Australia-based investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, has AUD7.8bn (USD5.8bn) AuM across 1.1 million hectares (2.7 million acres) of investments. New Forests announced the first close of TAFF2 with USD120m…
SGSS wins RE depositary mandate
SGSS has been appointed as depositary for five AIFs managed by SOFIDY for a total of EUR3.7bn AuM. A subsidiary of Tikehau Capital, SOFIDY is an investor in the consumer real estate fund market with EUR7.6bn AuM. In 2021, SOFIDY launched SCP Sofidy Europe Invest, for which SGSS now provides depositary services, as well as…
Catalyst wins digital asset fund mandate
The Catalyst Group Limited, a Cayman-based fund administration and financial services provider, has been appointed by dParadigm Capital Limited to provide fund administration services for its institutional grade digital asset fund, dParadigm Fund SPC. The fund is a regulated vehicle for institutional investors to gain exposure to digital assets via a hybrid VC and DeFi…
Equity Trustees appointed as RE for U.S. REIT
Equity Trustees, the Australian administrator, has been appointed as Responsible Entity for the first public market offering from Auctus Investment Group Limited. The US Student Housing REIT (ASX:USQ) will focus on investing in off-campus US student housing adjacent to large top-tier US public universities with the aim of generating long term, reliable returns. It will…
Apex wins Chinese PE mandate
Apex has been appointed by Starlight Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm, for fund administration and corporate services. Starlight Capital was founded in 2021 by Tao Tang who is the co-founder of Eastern Bell Capital. Starlight focuses on B2B enterprise services within the digital economy.
Capital Group selects State Street for new ETF range
Capital Group, the U.S. manager with USD2.7trn AuM, has appointed State Street as custodian, transfer agent and administrator for its first suite of active, transparent ETFs, recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The six ETFs include one fixed income core plus income strategy, three equity strategies that invest primarily in the U.S., and…
Elevar appoints SS&C GlobeOp
Elevar Equity, an emerging markets-focused venture capital firm, has appointed SS&C GlobeOp as its fund administrator. The Cayman Island-based venture capital firm has a range of funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands, Canada, Mauritius and India. SS&C’s India-based team will support the business.