Amundi has launched its first tokenised share of the AMUNDI FUNDS CASH EUR money market fund. The first transaction took place at the beginning of November, and the fund is now distributed in a hybrid manner: it remains accessible in the traditional way and via the tokenised share AMUNDI FUNDS CASH EUR – J28 EUR…
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CACEIS takes stake in Kriptown
CACEIS has acquired a minority stake in Kriptown, the French fintech specialising in asset tokenisation. This investment coincides with the upcoming launch of Lise (Lightning Stock Exchange), its subsidiary, which will be the first European tokenised exchange dedicated to SMEs and mid-cap companies. Lise is developing a market infrastructure designed to simplify equity financing and…
Syz appoints CACEIS as exclusive provider
CACEIS has been appointed by Syz Asset Management, part of Swiss family-owned Syz Group, to provide custody, fund administration, and transfer agency. The mandate covers all of Syz Asset Management’s funds totalling over CHF3bn (USD3.78bn). Syz Asset Management specialises in bond and money-market instruments for Swiss institutional investors.
CACEIS wins further crypto approval
CACEIS Bank has been authorised by the ACPR, France’s banking and insurance regulator, following the advice of the AMF, France’s financial sector regulator, to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with the procedures laid out in Article 60 of MiCA, the European Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation. This is a major step in the roll-out of the…
CACEIS hires ETF specialist from BBH
Eamonn O’Callaghan has joined CACEIS as ETF group product manager, based in Ireland. He has 25 years’ experience within the financial services industry, most of which has been working with ETF issuers. He previously held the position of head of European ETF product with Brown Brothers Harriman and prior to this worked with BNY, HSBC…
New chairman at CACEIS
The board of directors of CACEIS has appointed Jean-François Balaÿ, CEO of Crédit Agricole CIB, as chairman of the board of CACEIS, whose CEO is Jean-Pierre Michalowski. Balaÿ takes over from Xavier Musca.
Vesper selects CACEIS
Vesper Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure investor, has appointed CACEIS to provide depositary services for its maiden fund, Vesper Next Generation Infrastructure Fund I SCSp. Vesper is still fundraising, with assets of around EUR600m (USD682m), a target fund size of EUR800m and hard cap of EUR1bn.
CACEIS wins in Netherlands
Nh1816 Verzekeringen,a Dutch cooperative insurer, has appointed CACEIS to provide custody, administration, performance measurement, compliance monitoring, execution, and regulatory reporting services. Nh1816 is the leading Dutch provider of private non-life insurance through its network of financial advisors, with some EUR620m in revenues, EUR1.2bn in investments, 2.6 million policies, and >610K insured individuals.
UI hires new head of Lux
Universal Investment Group (UI), the Germany-based fund services platform and Super ManCo, has appointed Jeremy Albrecht as its new CEO for Luxembourg. In this role, he will be responsible for heading UI’s Luxembourg platform, which consists of both UI Luxembourg, the largest AIFM and third party ManCo in Luxembourg, and fund administrator UI efa. He…
CACEIS wins Lincs mandate
The Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund has selected CACEIS and the CACEIS Pensions Centre to provide custody, accounting and performance services as part of a GBP3.5bn (USD4.3bn) mandate. CACEIS Pensions Centre is a dedicated administration hub backed by technology platform SimCorp Dimension. This end-to-end solution will provide Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund with administration capabilities,…