Category: Mandates

Aztec Group has supported Global Healthcare Opportunities (GHO), a European healthcare specialist private equity firm, on the final close of GHO Fund IV, raising over EUR2.5bn (USD2.9bn). This marks GHO’s largest fund to date and brings total AuM to c. EUR9bn (USD10.5bn). Aztec will provide ongoing administration, company secretarial, and accounting services.

As Fineco Asset Management expands its product suite to offer alternative investment funds, it has appointed SGSS to provide fund administration, depositary and transfer agency services for its first private equity fund, domiciled in Ireland, as well as local transfer agency services in Italy. This new investment solution will be directed towards FinecoBank clients in…

Voss Capital has selected SS&C GlobeOp as its fund administrator. The Texas-based fund manager focuses on value-oriented special situations. SS&C will provide a full range of fund services across two funds with USD375m AuM. SS&C will also service Voss Capital’s separately managed accounts. Voss Capital initially started on SS&C’s Eze Eclipse platform and then expanded…

U.S. Bank has appointed MUFG and Citi as sub-custodians for five additional markets in its Asia-Pacific custody network. The markets included in this move are Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. U.S. Bank is using MUFG as sub-custodian for Japan; Citi will be sub-custodian for Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. With the transition of these…

Equity Trustees has been appointed by Royal London Asset Management as the Responsible Entity for four new funds in Australia. The funds are structured as feeder funds with indirect exposure to established, Ireland-domiciled UCITS. RLAM, which is owned by the Royal London Group, the UK’s largest mutual life pension and investment provider, has c. GBP181bn…

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…

Northern Trust and Carne Group have been appointed by AJ Bell, a UK-based asset manager and investment platform provider, to provide asset servicing and ACD services. Northern Trust will provide custody, depositary and fund administration services for AJ Bell’s in-house managed funds, with Carne as the funds’ ACD. The funds have a combined AuM of…

Ninety One, a South Africa-based investment manager specialising in active strategies across emerging and developed markets, has implemented the State Street Alpha front-to-back platform. This implementation builds on a relationship established in 2004, which has expanded to include middle and back office services and integrated trading solutions.