Ultimus Fund Solutions, a U.S.-based independent administrator, has been selected as fund administrator for the Cornerstone Capital Access Impact Fund. Cornerstone Capital Group is a privately held registered investment adviser based in New York that focuses solely on sustainable and impact investing through targeted environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies. Ultimus was chosen to administer…
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GaoTeng appoints Lemanik, BBH for first UCITS fund in Ireland
GaoTeng Global Asset Management Limited, a Hong Kong-based manager, has launched its first UCITS fund, domiciled in Ireland. GaoTeng has appointed Lemanik as the UCITS ManCo, with Brown Brothers Harriman as fund administrator.
Citi to service new family of ETFs for Tuttle Tactical Management
Citi has been appointed by Tuttle Tactical Management to provide full ETF services for its new Trend Aggregation family of four ETFs. Citi’s services include basket creation, fund accounting and administration, custody, fund compliance, and transfer agency services. This new mandate expands Citi’s existing relationship with Tuttle Tactical Management where it has provided fund services…
Modular AM appoints Northern Trust for new Asia funds
Northern Trust has been appointed by Modular Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd to provide custody, fund administration, middle-office outsourcing, collateral management and risk compliance monitoring services. Modular, which was spun out of Millennium Capital Management at the beginning of 2020, is a specialist Asian macro alternative investment management company licensed by the Monetary Authority of…
State Street to service first ETF for Water Island Capital
State Street has been appointed as the ETF servicing agent for Water Island Capital’s first ETF, the AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF, tracking the Water Island Merger Arbitrage USD Hedged Index. State Street will provide services including basket creation, settlement, custody, fund accounting, electronic order-taking, financial reporting, and transfer agency. State Street has worked with WIC…
Dougherty Mortgage selects SS&C for loan admin
Dougherty Mortgage LLC, a Minneapolis-based full-service mortgage banking firm, has selected SS&C as a technology and services partner. SS&C will provide cloud-based software and services for loan origination, servicing, asset management, investor reporting, insurance compliance and document management.
JTC to provide fund services for Ashburton Investments
Ashburton Investments, the C.I.-based asset management business of FirstRand Group, has appointed JTC to administer fund shareholder accounts. JTC will provide fund administration and fund accounting services to Ashburton Investments’ investors in its Jersey-domiciled funds. JTC, which recently moved into the U.S. market with the acquisition of NES Financial, has USD130bn AuA.
CACEIS completes remote migration of Popular funds in Spain
CACEIS in Spain has remotely migrated the Popular Asset Management and Popular Pensiones portfolios. Popular Asset Management and Popular Pensiones, two companies merging with Santander Asset Management and Santander Pensiones, switched to CACEIS as their depositary bank in Spain. With all staff working remotely, 107 funds were migrated to CACEIS, (59 investment funds and 48…
Ocorian completes acquisition of Allegro in Luxembourg
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has completed the acquisition of Allegro S.à r.l., a Luxembourg-based third-party ManCo and fund administrator. Allegro is licenced to provide ManCo and fund administration services to AIF, RAIF, non-AIF and UCITS funds. It has c. EUR8.7bn AuM, primarily in underlying investment strategies with a PE/RE focus.
Intertrust supports USD1.9bn fund launch for iCON Infrastructure in Guernsey
Intertrust, the Netherlands-based provider of trust, corporate, private wealth, and fund and capital market services, has assisted iCON Infrastructure LLP with the first and final closing of its new USD1.9bn fund, iCON Infrastructure Partners V. iCON is an independent investment group focusing on privately held investments in infrastructure assets in Europe and North America. iCON…