Month: July 2021

In response to new regulatory obligations under the updated Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II), CACEIS in Germany has selected Broadridge to provide solutions for SRD II. CACEIS is using Broadridge’s enhanced global proxy voting platform for its German domestic and cross-border custody operations, The bank is also using Broadridge’s new shareholder disclosure hub, both in…

Carlyle, the private equity investor, and Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, have taken minority stakes in Apex Group Ltd. Carlyle and Mubadala have invested in the ordinary share capital alongside founder and CEO Peter Hughes, majority investor Genstar and TA Associates, which made a significant minority investment earlier this year. This investment expands…

Nearly 20 years after its disastrous foray into the transaction cost analysis business, J.P. Morgan has struck a deal with Abel Noser Solutions, a multi-asset TCA provider. Abel Noser’s analytics will be integrated into J.P. Morgan’s platform, providing asset owner and asset manager clients with a multi-asset post-trade TCA solution. In 2002 J.P. Morgan acquired…

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) is extending its existing partnership with State Street by expanding its usage of Charles River technology and to deliver middle office servicing. LGIM says that the appointment of State Street, as well as the expansion of its use of Charles River technology across a number of its investment management…

Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager with >USD30bn AuM, has selected BNY Mellon as an asset servicing provider for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, its flagship product. BNY Mellon will provide Grayscale Bitcoin Trust with fund accounting and administration effective October 1, 2021. Additionally, it is anticipated that BNY Mellon will provide transfer agency…

Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Simon Percival as group head of corporate development, responsible for the merger and acquisition strategy and implementation. Based in the UK, he reports directly to Ocorian’s CFO, Anthony Zarmakoupis. Percival joins from Finastra, a fintech company, where he was head of corporate development.