BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched a service to help asset owners measure and monitor the counterparty and liquidity risk arising from their derivatives exposure and anticipate their long-term collateral requirements. The service is already in use by AIA Group, a longstanding risk and analytics client. In 2016 AIA appointed BNPP as its OTC derivatives…
Month: July 2020
HSBC wins mandate for three new Tabula ETFs in Ireland
Tabula Investment Management Limited, a UK-based passive fixed income manager, has appointed HSBC to service an additional three sub funds on its Ireland-domiciled Tabula ICAV UCITS platform. Tabula North American CDX High Yield Credit Short UCITS ETF was launched in June 2020 and listed on the London Stock Exchange the following month. Tabula will launch…
Alter Domus promotes Tim Toska to global head of private equity
Tim Toska has been appointed global head of private equity at Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based administrator. Toska, who joined Alter Domus after the 2017 acquisition of Carta Fund Services, was previously co-head of private equity fund administration for North America. He is based in the U.S.
BACCI launches Irish UCITS fund on Prescient ICAV platform
BACCI Investment Solutions, a financial services provider based in South Africa, has launched its first Irish UCITS fund, the BACCI Global Equity Fund, on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform.
Sudrania adds three senior managers in U.S. & India
Sudrania Fund Services, the Chicago-based fund administrator, has added three senior managers to its team, bringing global headcount to >200. Amit Arora joins from NAV Fund Administration Group as vice president of client success. Skyler Steinke, who was a business development director at Ultimus Fund Solutions, joins as a senior vice president of business development.…
ReAssure hands HSBC two mandates for GBP43bn
ReAssure Limited, the UK life and pensions company, has appointed HSBC as custodian and fund administrator for GBP28bn (USD36bn) of assets after ReAssure’s GBP650m acquisition of 1.1 million closed life insurance policies from Legal & General. Separately, ReAssure has also appointed HSBC as fund administrator of its shareholder book, amounting to GBP15bn (USD19bn) of assets.…
ebase appoints SGSS and MFEX for fund services in Germany
European Bank for Financial Services (ebase), the German digital investment platform which was acquired by FNZ Group in 2019, has selected Société Générale Securities Services in Germany and MFEX Mutual Fund Exchange AB for its brokerage, custody and trailer fee management services. Under the mandate, MFEX and SGSS will provide services for several thousand funds…
JLL selects SS&C’s Precision LM to support USD115bn loan portfolio
SS&C’s Precision LM has been selected to support Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) combined USD115bn loan servicing portfolio, following the real estate company’s acquisition last year of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, LP. JLL is a primary servicer and provider of commercial loan services to more than 50 institutional investors. JLL adopted SS&C’s Precision LM as its agency/multifamily…
HSBC appointed trustee for BlackRock’s HK master-feeder ETF
HSBC has been appointed trustee for BlackRock’s iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (HK), the first Hong Kong-domiciled master-feeder ETF structure. BlackRock has launched its new feeder ETF after listing on the Hong Kong Exchange. This came after the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced the relaxation of rules for the master-feeder structure, allowing feeder structures…
Citi supports launch of two L&I ETPs for CSOP AM in Hong Kong
Citi has supported the launch of two new leveraged and inverse (L&I) exchange-traded products by CSOP Asset Management, and will be providing CSOP with custody, fund administration and trustee services. Launched in Hong Kong, the new L&I products track China A-shares and allow investors to invest into the mainland China CSI 300 Index. Citi reports…