Category: Outsourcing

Liontrust, the UK-based active asset manager with GBP21.6bn AuM (USD29bn), has expanded its relationship with BNY with the outsourcing of its trading for investment funds and institutional accounts to BNY’s buy-side trading solutions group. Liontrust’s UK-based traders have joined BNY.

Fundhost Limited, a fund services provider to investment managers in Australia, has selected SS&C to support its fund services operations. Fundhost provides responsible entity, trustee, fund administration, registry, compliance, operations and support services to Australian and international fund managers. Under the agreement, Fundhost will use SS&C’s proprietary platform to streamline its unit registry and fund…

Eastspring Investments, the Asia-based manager owned by the UK’s Prudential, has appointed HSBC to provide middle office outsourced services and support its growth ambitions across multiple Asian markets, including Singapore and Malaysia. HSBC’s MO services will be integrated into BlackRock’s Aladdin platform, which Eastspring has been using since 2019. HSBC’s securities services relationship with Eastspring…

TMF Group, a Netherlands-based provider of fund and corporate services, has appointed Tim LiVolsi as managing director of strategic operations and lift-outs within the funds services team. He was most recently at Cerberus Capital Management, and has also worked at Citi, J.P. Morgan and BNY.

Northern Trust has been appointed by Sydney-based Platinum Asset Management to provide comprehensive asset servicing solutions across its Australian funds. Platinum Asset Management focuses on global equities and has approximately AUD11bn (USD6.8bn) AuM. Under the terms of the new mandate, Northern Trust will provide custody, fund administration, regulatory reporting, investment operations outsourcing, ETF administration and…

SS&C has signed an initial agreement with Insignia Financial, an Australia-based administrator, to deliver superannuation member administration services. Insignia Financial supports around 1.1m superannuation fund members through its wealth management offerings. Upon signing a final binding agreement, more than 1,000 team members in seven offices across Australia will transfer from Insignia to SS&C.

Southeastern Asset Management, a value investing firm, has chosen Ultimus’ enterprise solution to service its nearly USD5bn portfolio. Ultimus will provide middle- and back-office services for Southeastern’s registered mutual funds, private funds and institutional SMA portfolios.

Artemis, a UK-based asset manager with >GBP25.8bn (USD33.1bn) AuM, has appointed Northern Trust’s Integrated Trading Solutions to provide outsourced trading services. The appointment expands the capabilities to be provided by Northern Trust to Artemis. In 2023, Northern Trust was selected by Artemis to provide a range of services including investment operations solutions, fund administration, depositary,…