CACEIS has been selected to provide asset services for the funds of Épopée Gestion, a French fund manager specialising in private equity and real estate investment. The mandate covers custody, transfer agency, middle office and fund administration services.
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HSBC adds two senior bus dev execs to asset manager team
HSBC’s securities services business has made two senior appointments in its asset manager sector. Mark Low is appointed client executive – asset managers, Europe, reporting to Michelle Butler, head of business development & client management – Europe, asset owners & managers. He joins from RBC where he spent eight years, predominantly responsible for the asset…
True Potential appoints HSBC as administrator
HSBC has been appointed as third-party administrator by True Potential LLP for all of the 34 UK-authorised funds offered on the firm’s in-house platform, which has GBP17bn AuM. The new mandate will see HSBC provide depositary, global custody, fund accounting and transfer agency services to these funds.
State Street to deploy Canoe’s ML technology for private markets
State Street plans to implement a cloud-based, machine learning technology to transform private markets processing and document management. Through State Street’s partnership with Canoe Intelligence, allocators and managers in the private markets sector will have an integrated experience where traditionally onerous and manual alternative investment workflows will be automated and streamlined, reducing processing time and…
Northern Trust to support Fundsmith’s SICAV
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…
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…
Clessidra appoints SGSS as depositary for new PE fund
SGSS has been appointed by Clessidra Private Equity SGR, an Italian private equity fund manager, to provide depositary bank services for its new reserved closed-end alternative investment fund, Clessidra Capital Partners 4.
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.
Key Private Bank consolidates with Charles River
Key Private Bank, the wealth management division of U.S.-based KeyCorp, has consolidated its portfolio management functions on the Charles River Wealth Management Solution. Key Private Bank has also upgraded its use of the platform, adopting compliance, data services, IBOR, and performance measurement and attribution capabilities.
Citi supports Dimensional’s USD29bn mutual fund conversion to ETFs
Citi has successfully supported the industry’s largest mutual fund to ETF conversion for Dimensional Fund Advisors. The conversion includes four US tax-managed mutual funds into active transparent ETFs with USD29bn in assets. The ETFs are listed on NYSE. Gerard O’Reilly, co-CEO and CIO of Dimensional Fund Advisors, said: “Citi has been a long-standing service provider…