Fund Administration Has New Owners. Are Its Leaders Ready?
New owners are paying premium prices for fund administrators that can scale, integrate and automate. The pressure lands on the leadership layer beneath the CEO.
New owners are paying premium prices for fund administrators that can scale, integrate and automate. The pressure lands on the leadership layer beneath the CEO.
The portfolio CFO brief has changed. Holds are longer, exits are harder to time, financing costs more and boards want
Q3 M&A slowed to $993bn but 2026 is still a record year. Phoenix Search on the deals, adviser consolidation and senior banking moves shaping the market.
KKR buys Gen II, JTC goes private and banks step back from fund administration. The Q3 2026 deals, senior hires and trends shaping fund services leadership.
Phoenix Search’s guide to US expansion for Irish companies: six US cities compared, who to hire first, what a US team really costs and how regulated businesses should sequence their hires.
Building a leadership team for a payments or e-money business is now as much a regulatory exercise as a commercial