RBC Investor & Treasury Services has been selected by Tradex Management Inc. to provide back-office services, including custody, fund accounting, securities lending and transfer agency. Tradex, a fund manager based in Ottawa, has exclusively supported the investment needs of public service professionals and their families since 1960. Blair Cooper, president and CEO of Tradex, said:…
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BNY Mellon regains USD49bn Arizona fund
Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) has returned to BNY Mellon as asset servicing provider for the USD49.1bn ASRS Trust Fund. BNY Mellon will provide custody, alternative asset servicing, overnight investment vehicles, securities lending, performance analytics and investment compliance monitoring for the fund, which serves employees of the state, counties, municipalities, universities, community colleges, school districts,…
K2 appoints State Street for ETH ETF
K2 Asset Management has appointed State Street Australia Limited as the fund administrator in Australia for the Cosmos Purpose Ethereum Access ETF (Cboe: CPET). CPET’s underlying asset is the Purpose Ethereum ETF which is managed by Purpose Investments and quoted on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Purpose Ethereum ETF has been established to buy and…
ODDO BHF outsources German fund administration
ODDO BHF Asset Management, the Franco-German group which has EUR142bn AuM (USD152bn), is to outsource the administration of its German mandates to Universal Investment. This covers the accounting and support of special (Spezialfonds) and mutual funds with a value of c.EUR20bn (USD21bn). Universal Investment will eventually take over significant parts of fund accounting and administration.…
Copper & Frick named as custodians for new 21Shares ETP
21Shares, the Swiss-based manager that claims to be the world’s largest issuer of crypto ETPs, has launched the 21Shares USD Yield ETP (USDY), which provides exposure to US Dollars while using the collateral (USDC) to seek to generate income from the digital asset lending ecosystem via a fully collateralised ETP structure. Listed on the SIX…
Accelerate appoints Tetra for NFT ETP
Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc., a provider of alternative investment solutions, has selected Tetra Trust Company as custodian for Accelerate’s digital assets. Initially, the Accelerate NFT Fund LP, the first Web3 investment vehicle in Canada, will deploy Tetra’s custody solution which enables clients to store and settle their digital assets within a secure environment. Calgary-based Accelerate…
StonePine selects SimCorp for front-to-back solution
SimCorp, a provider of SaaS investment management solutions, will support StonePine Asset Management with front-to-back-office investment processing. The agreement enables StonePine to run all aspects of the portfolio management, trading, and compliance process on the same platform as the post-trade operational activities (reconciliation, corporate actions, trade lifecycle management, etc.) which will be supported by SimCorp…
IQ-EQ supports maiden Sana Capital fund
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, is supporting Sana Capital with the launch of its maiden fund. Sana Capital is a new, female-led investment fund supporting innovation in science and technology that will drive positive change. The firm has signed up to the IQ-EQ Launchpad programme, specifically tailored for female first-time fund managers. Sana Capital…
Cowen Digital to deploy SS&C Eze
Cowen Digital, Cowen Inc.‘s digital asset division, will deploy SS&C Eze‘s institutional OEMS platform to support its clients’ digital asset trading requirements. SS&C Eze’s institutional digital asset trading platform provides broker-agnostic access to institutional liquidity across the market. It also provides market data covering 100+ tokens and 500+ pairs from more than 35 sources, enabling…
Apex to provide pro-bono services to Greater Share
Apex is to provide its single-source solution, on a pro-bono basis, to Greater Share, an innovative philanthropic investment platform working to close the education gap and enact measurable change on children’s lives across the world. Apex and its subsidiaries will deliver corporate services, fund administration, transfer agency and banking services to Greater Share, which aims…