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Laurence Everitt, Northern Trust

Northern Trust hires head of global fund services sales for the UK

Northern Trust has appointed Katharine Morris as head of sales of its global fund services business in the UK. Based in London, Morris is responsible for offering investment operations outsourcing, fund administration and the full range of asset servicing solutions, to investment managers domiciled in the UK.   “We are

GLAS opens office in Sydney

GLAS, an independent provider of finance administration services, has opened an office in Sydney, coinciding with the key senior hire of lawyer Kate White. The Sydney office expands the GLAS business in Australia following the opening of its Melbourne office in 2016.   Since entering the Australian market last year,

Elm Capital converts to partnership

Elm Capital has strengthened its management structure by creating a partnership that will sanction all strategic and commercial decisions regarding the business. The primary objective of this change is to create a strong foundation for the continued growth of Elm Capital’s business in the primary and secondary markets, as advisers

JCRA appoints FX expert to private equity desk

Financial risk consultancy JCRA has appointed Benoit Duhil de Benaze as director. Working from the firm’s London offices, Duhil de Benaze will help to drive and further establish JCRA’s offering in the financial sponsor and corporate markets across the UK and Europe.   Before joining JCRA, Duhil de Benaze spent

MMC Ventures promotes two to partner

MMC Ventures, a London-based venture capital fund, has promoted Simon Menashy and Ameerul Miah to partner. Miah also becomes chief operating officer (COO).   MMC has also added to its executive team with Victoria Ferguson becoming general counsel and Anna Slemmings stepping up to the role of director of marketing

Pacific Fund Systems Paul Kneen

Pacific Fund Systems appoints cloud services manager

Pacific Fund Systems (PFS), a provider of fully integrated fund administration software via its PFS-PAXUS application, has appointed Didier Lucotte as cloud services manager in the firm’s European operations team. Lucotte, who will based in the group’s Isle of Man office, is an experienced cloud project manager having previously served

LDC-backed Rush appoints former Costa MD as chairman

Rush, the hair and beauty brand that was backed by private equity firm LDC earlier this year, has appointed former Costa Coffee managing director Christopher Rogers as its non-executive chairman, with immediate effect. Rogers has over 11 years of experience as a main board director of Whitbread, the UK’s largest

Ipes makes senior appointments in Guernsey and London

Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to private equity in Europe, has appointed Sumindra Bains-Cleary and David Bateman. Bains-Cleary joins Ipes as head of commercial finance based in London while Bateman joins Ipes as a manager in Guernsey.   Bains-Cleary is an experienced finance manager whose most recent role was

Gordon Brothers expands into Australia

Gordon Brothers, a global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, has expanded its footprint to Australia. Based in Sydney, the new office will be led by seasoned restructuring and turnaround management professional Tim Stewart, who will serve as managing director, Australia.   "We at Gordon Brothers see tremendous opportunity in the

McDermott expands Chicago private equity practice

McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Gregory Metz as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.  Metz has joined the firm’s corporate and transactional practice group with a particular focus on middle market private equity.   Metz joins McDermott from Ropes & Gray where he counselled clients on complex business

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