Phoenix American, a transfer agent and fund administration provider for alternative investments and the Founder Institute, a global startup accelerator, have partnered to provide fund administration, investor services and fund accounting for graduates of Founder Institute’s VC Lab programme. 

Broadridge Financial Solutions is to work with data cloud company Snowflake to enable clients to consolidate and analyse trading and portfolio data in the cloud in a way they couldn’t before.

Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP, a full-service boutique law firm, has opened its first West Coast office in Los Angeles, California. 

ACA Group (ACA) has appointed Aimee Egan to lead all of the firm's go-to-market functions (including Sales & Marketing) in a newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer.

Suntera Global has maintained momentum in its growing international funds business with the appointment of Ryan Taylor as Head of Funds for Jersey.

Sanne Group plc (Sanne) has entered into an agreement to acquire STRAIT, a Dallas-based fund solutions company for alternative investment firms. 

Envestnet and iCapital Network1 (iCapital) have announced a strategic relationship to deliver access to curated UBS and iCapital alternative investment products through Envestnet's platform. To power the initiative, Envestnet will launch the Alternatives Exchange, a new solution designed to provide these products to the firm's clients, leveraging iCapital's turnkey technology through single-sign-on access. 

Holland Mountain, a data solutions provider to the Private Capital industry, has announced that the development of its connector between the ATLAS data platform will now offer an out-of-the-box connector to eFront. 

Fondsdepot Bank, a German liability umbrella provider, has partnered with Moonfare, a digital investment platform for top-tier private markets funds.

Apex Group Ltd (Apex), a global financial services provider, has acquired mola-administration, one of Germany’s leading fund administrators.