Northern Trust has been appointed to provide fund accounting, transfer agency and global custody services to Fundsmith’s Luxembourg-domiciled umbrella, Fundsmith SICAV. Fundsmith SICAV was launched in 2011 and currently has EUR6.4bn (USD7.6bn) AuM. At launch, State Street/IFDS were appointed to provide fund administration, custody and TA to the fund. Headquartered in the UK, Fundsmith has…
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Northern Trust passes USD1trn in DC assets
Northern Trust reports that its defined contribution (DC) global assets under custody and administration have exceeded USD1trn. Northern Trust has >140 global DC clients, with >USD1.4trn of assets. Clients include 12 of the 50 largest U.S. defined contribution plans as measured by total assets, as well as plans in Australia, the UK, and additional countries…
Northern Trust adopts 3D platform for distribution oversight
Northern Trust has entered into an agreement with Distributor Due Diligence (3D) to support its asset manager clients with oversight of distribution of their funds to investors. The service, Network Monitor, will make 3D’s platform service available to clients to support their regulatory responsibilities for performing due diligence of their distributor networks.
Northern Trust extends Swiss presence with Depotbank licence
Northern Trust has received regulatory approval to offer local custodian, depositary, transfer agency and ancillary services to institutional investors and managers in Switzerland. Northern Trust has more than 30 years of experience in providing an extensive range of asset servicing and investment solutions to Swiss clients, and in 2017 established its presence in Basel, following…
Northern Trust promotes Higgins & Carey in Asia Pacific
Northern Trust has appointed Caroline Higgins as the head of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and Iain Carey as the head of Global Funds Services in Asia. Based in Hong Kong, Higgins will report to Angelo Calvitto, recently named head of Asia Pacific asset servicing. Reporting to Higgins, and assuming her prior role as head…
Northern Trust promotes Julie Zhu to lead asset servicing in China
Northern Trust has appointed Julie Zhu to lead its asset servicing business in China. Zhu, who is based in Beijing, assumes the role of branch manager from Michael Wu, who was most recently country executive for Greater China. She will report to Angelo Calvitto, who was recently appointed head of the Asia-Pacific region. Zhu, who…
ConBrio appoints Northern Trust and NatWest
ConBrio Fund Partners Ltd, a UK-based ACD, has appointed Northern Trust for custody and fund accounting, and NatWest Trustee and Depository Services for depository services. ConBrio was advised by Cooper Wood & Associates.
Martin Currie migrates investment ops to Northern Trust
Martin Currie Investment Management has completed the migration of outsourced investment operations functions to Northern Trust for its book of assets managed from UK offices in Edinburgh and London. These include performance measurement and client reporting activities that were previously managed inhouse. Owned by Franklin Resources, Martin Currie is a long-term global equity growth investor…
Angelo Calvitto to head Northern Trust’s asset servicing business in APAC
Northern Trust has named Angelo Calvitto to lead its asset servicing business in Asia Pacific. Calvitto, who was most recently country head for Northern Trust in Australia, will succeed William Mak, who is retiring from the company after 11 years. Calvitto will be based in Melbourne.
Northern Trust launches upgrade of Rec Dashboard
Northern Trust has launched a new version of its Rec Dashboard, a workflow tool that provides a real-time view of breaks and reconciliations in trade activity between asset managers and other institutions. Rec Dashboard is hosted within Omnium, a Northern Trust middle- and back-office technology platform for fund administration. The enhanced tool is available to…