VTS, a commercial real estate leasing and asset management platform, has launched VTS Retail, a leasing platform designed specifically for the retail sector. 

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has been selected to provide depositary services to Stafford Capital Partners, an international real assets and private markets investment and advisory group.

Crestbridge has been granted a funds administration licence in Luxembourg in a move that significantly bolsters the company’s capabilities in the jurisdiction and its multi-jurisdictional proposition for alternative fund managers.

Standish Management, a provider of fund administration services to private equity, venture capital, and real estate managers, is to acquire Halsey Group, a Luxembourg-based fund and corporate services provider dedicated to international private equity and real estate investment firms.

CEPRES, a provider of investment analytics & data solutions for Private Equity, is redefining the future of Private Capital Markets with the launch of the new CEPRES Digital Investment Platform. 

CSC, a provider of specialised administration services to alternative asset managers, is to acquire TCS-Groep (TCS), a Netherlands-based service provider for alternative investment funds (AIFs).

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has been appointed to provide custody and depositary service for UK-based client Alpha Real Capital.

Schwab Advisor Services is to provide shareholder servicing for funds serviced by iCapital Network.

London-based asset management consultancy MJ Hudson is to acquire the Jersey administrator, Anglo Saxon Trust (AST), subject to Jersey Financial Services Commission regulatory approval and certain other conditions. 

Proteus, an Indianapolis-based alternative investment technology firm, has partnered with Callan, an institutional investment consulting firm to provide alternatives due diligence expertise and streamline the approval of funds available on the Proteus platform.