The UK’s Equitile Investments has launched its first Irish-domiciled global equity fund. The UCITS fund will be hosted on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform and had USD77m AuM at launch.
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Equiom launches super ManCo in Ireland
Equiom, the Isle of Man-based corporate and fund services provider, has launched Equiom Fund Solutions Ireland Limited, a super ManCo offering both AIFM and UCITS solutions for regulated funds. Kevin Bardon, who will head the business, joins from Deutsche Bank, where he led its Irish super ManCo platform, and has also worked at Citco and…
Universal-Investment to buy Metzler’s Irish business
Universal-Investment Group is entering the Irish fund market with the acquisition of Metzler Ireland Limited (MIL). MIL has 20 employees with c. EUR2.8bn under management. The company is a part of B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA, a German private bank. Closing of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval.
Link to acquire Casa4Funds in Lux
Link Group and Banor Capital have signed an agreement for the acquisition of Casa4Funds by Link. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Casa4Funds is a European independent third-party UCITS ManCo and AIFM, based in Luxembourg. The combined businesses will have approximately EUR3bn AuM in Luxembourg and EUR100bn across Europe.
Apex to acquire Mauritius-based GFin
Apex has announced plans to acquire GFin Corporate Services Ltd., a Mauritius-based management company providing fund administration services to institutional clients. GFin provides a range of services including company, trust and fund formation, corporate and trust administration, fund administration, corporate structuring, tax compliance, accounting and tax services, NAV calculation, directorship, company secretarial and share registry.…
Liberty appoints Stonegate/Securitize for new digital RE fund
Liberty Equity Management, a U.S.-based manager specialising in the tokenisation of commercial real estate investments, has appointed Stonegate Global Fund Services, in partnership with Securitize, to provide fund structuring, administration and tokenisation services for its new net lease security token fund. The Cayman and U.S. fund structure will enable both U.S. and global investors to…
Aberdeen Standard expands TA relationship with SS&C/IFDS
Aberdeen Standard Investments, the UK-based asset manager with AuM of c. USD562bn, has extended its transfer agency relationship with SS&C and IFDS to its Luxembourg division. SS&C will provide BPO and global transfer agency services to Aberdeen Standard Investments Luxembourg S.A., with local support from IFDS, a JV between SS&C and State Street. Aberdeen Standard…
IQ-EQ adds two senior managers to Cayman team
IQ-EQ has appointed James Bolton as country delivery director and Andrew Edgington as client director for the Cayman Islands. Bolton joins from Citco, whilst Edgington joins after a spell as an independent consultant. He has previously worked at Barings, Northern Trust and Gartmore.
Mainstream hires John Collins from Euronext for Ireland bus dev role
Mainstream, the Australia-based administrator, has hired John Collins as business development and relationship manager for its Dublin office. He joins from Euronext, where he worked in funds business development.
Ireland passes bill to facilitate private capital growth
Ireland has completed a key financial services bill that has been in the works for over five years and is expected to create 3,000 jobs by 2025 while attracting up to EUR20bn per annum in global private capital. The Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 opens the door for new global private fund market entrants…