State Street has hired Charlotte Blackie as head of network management controls, based in London. She previously spent 23 years at RBC, but did not move to CACEIS.
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CACEIS offers access to ARTEX
CACEIS now offers broker-dealers, market makers and banks the opportunity to trade on the ARTEX trading venue, with support from CACEIS’ clearing & settlement services. ARTEX is a multilateral trading facility on which shares in world-famous, iconic works of art are traded. The shares in the artworks are tradable and transferable securities just like all…
CACEIS completes RBC integration in Europe
CACEIS has completed the integration of RBC’s European asset servicing activities. All staff across all locations are now regrouped under common legal structures. Having obtained regulatory authorisations, CACEIS has updated its legal structures by combining entities in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland and Switzerland. The client migration project is scheduled for completion by the end of…
CACEIS launches digital assets business line
CACEIS has established a digital assets business line The business, stemming from the Digital Assets Group project with Crédit Agricole CIB, brings together a team of people with expertise in digital asset custody, IT infrastructure design, and related functions such as compliance, legal, and risk management. It is designed to sit alongside CACEIS’ operating model…
GemCap renews with CACEIS
CACEIS has renewed its partnership with GemCap Investment Funds (Ireland) PLC, a multi-manager UCITS platform supported by Gemini Capital Management, a UCITS ManCo. GemCap is a specialist in the UCITS fund space, offering Irish-based operational and regulatory solutions. The renewal, for >EUR4.7bn (USD5bn) AuC/A, covers depositary, custody, fund accounting, transfer agency and production of financial…
CACEIS signs with AlphaOmega
CACEIS has signed a partnership deal with Luxembourg-based regtech AlphaOmega to provide a PRIIPs reporting service for clients of its private equity real estate solutions business line. The new service is available via the Connect Store, CACEIS’ online marketplace, through which clients can access the solutions of selected fintech partners. AlphaOmega provides a one-stop shop…
Sharman leaves CACEIS
Pat Sharman has left CACEIS. Sharman, who spent almost 30 years at HSBC, was most recently country head for the UK, having joined CACEIS after its acquisition of KAS BANK.
SGSS appoints CMS head for Lux
SGSS has appointed France Colas as head of coverage, marketing and solutions in Luxembourg. She joins from Degroof Petercam, and previously spent 14 years at CACEIS. Bryan Fage remains head of coverage for Luxembourg.
AirFund gets EUR6m funding boost
Amundi and Indosuez Wealth Management have acquired a stake in AirFund to promote the marketing of private asset funds. AirFund is a digital platform created in 2021 to facilitate the link between management companies and distributors of private markets funds with retail investors It raised EUR6m in a recent funding round jointly led by Amundi…
HV adds to CACEIS mandate
HV Capital, a European early-stage and growth investor, has added an additional four private equity structures to the portfolio under depositary at CACEIS Germany. CACEIS now provides depositary services for 12 of HV Capital’s Special-AIFs, representing c. EUR2.1bn (USD2.2bn) in assets.