U.S. Bank has been appointed by Valkyrie Funds, LLC, a U.S. manager focused on the digital asset class, to provide fund administration services for the recently launched Bitcoin Strategy ETF. The futures contracts held by the fund are cash delivered and available from CME Group. The fund is the first in a planned suite of…
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Harbor Capital Advisors appoints State Street for ETF servicing
State Street has been appointed as the servicing agent for Harbor Capital Advisors’ first actively managed fully transparent fixed income ETFs, launched in September in the U.S. The two funds are the Harbor Scientific Alpha Income ETF (SIFI), and the Harbor Scientific Alpha High-Yield ETF (SIHY). State Street will provide various ETF servicing solutions, including…
HSBC supports Premia ETF launch on HKSE
HSBC has supported the listing of the Premia China STAR50 ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with an initial launch size of RMB 204m (USD32m), HSBC has been appointed to provide trustee, global custodian, fund administrator, swap counterparty and cross border equity execution services for the fund.
Water Island Capital converts mutual fund to ETF
Water Island Capital has converted the Water Island Long/Short Fund (Nasdaq: ATQIX), a mutual fund within The Arbitrage Funds series trust, to the AltShares Event-Driven ETF (NYSE Arca: EVNT). State Street facilitated the conversion.
Ultimus supports ETF launches by New Age Alpha
Ultimus Fund Solutions has supported the launch of two new ETFs by asset management firm New Age Alpha. Ultimus had been working with New Age Alpha for more than a year prior to the launch, supporting the firm’s hedge fund launch in addition to its entire middle office operations.
Ultimus hires senior ETF specialist
Ultimus Fund Solutions, an independent provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has hired Michael Prendergast as SVP, ETF senior product specialist. Prendergast has previously worked at State Street and J.P. Morgan in senior ETF-related roles. Ultimus reports that, since the beginning of 2020, it has doubled the number of ETFs it services.
Rob Rushe joins CACEIS to head ETF solutions
Robert Rushe, one of the pioneers of the European ETF industry, has joined CACEIS as head of ETF solutions, based in Ireland. Rushe was part of the BoISS ETF team that joined Northern Trust after its acquisition in 2011, and most recently worked at BNY Mellon as head of the ETF business for EMEA.
Putnam appoints State Street for new actively managed ETFs
Putnam Investments, which recently listed four actively managed, semi-transparent ETFs on NYSE, has appointed State Street as its service provider. Putnam leverages a proxy-based actively managed ETF model for the funds. State Street currently provides back-office work, specifically accounting and custody services, to the Boston-based investment management firm, which has USD200bn AuM.
Grayscale adds BNY Mellon as key servicing provider
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…
ERShares transfers mutual funds & ETFs to Ultimus
Ultimus Fund Solutions, a U.S.-based provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has been selected by U.S.-based ERShares to provide administration services for three mutual funds and two ETFs. Ultimus is providing fund administration, fund accounting, distribution and transfer agency services for the mutual funds and ETFs, which transitioned to Ultimus in Q4 2020…