Category: Offshore

Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration and accounting services to Marlin Capital Partners, headquartered in Nassau. Apex, and its subsidiary Throgmorton, will provide outsourced ManCo, middle office, and fund administration services. The appointment comes ahead of the launch of Marlin’s Dauntless Fund, which will focus on arbitrage opportunities within the digital asset space.

Carne Group, the Ireland-based provider of fund support services, has acquired Distributor Due Diligence Ltd (3D), a fintech provider that enables fund managers and intermediaries to conduct due diligence on their fund distributors and institutional clients.

Northern Trust and Emerald Technology Ventures have agreed to deploy the Broadridge Private Market Hub to improve visibility and reduce transaction friction to interact in real-time for Guernsey-domiciled funds. The hub, which was originally developed by Northern Trust, was transferred to Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. in 2019. It uses DLT to help solve the challenge…

Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Carole Murphy as chief operating officer. She will lead global IT and operations functions. Based in the UK, she reports to Ocorian’s CEO and chairman, Frederik van Tuyll. She joins from Capgemini, where she was head of business transformation services and head of the finance and accounting practice.

Universal-Investment, the Germany-based ManCo and fund services provider, has appointed Julian Mayo to run its newly opened London branch. Mayo joins from Charlemagne Capital/Fiera Capital, where he was co-CIO/chief strategist. The London branch will join the group’s existing network of hubs in Germany, Luxembourg and Ireland. The acquisition by Universal-Investment of the Irish fund management…

BNP Paribas Securities Services has signed a strategic partnership with Van Lanschot Kempen (VLK) which includes two new mandates covering EUR16bn in assets (USD18.5bn). VLK is a Netherlands-based specialist independent wealth manager. As part of this partnership, BP2S will provide Kempen Capital Management, the asset management arm of VLK, with global custody, depositary bank, fund…