Northern Trust has launched a range of new client dashboards for Omnium, its technology platform for alternative fund administration. Omnium client dashboards feature a streamlined interface to enhance the user experience and are optimised for mobile devices to provide real-time, on-demand access to portfolio information. Additional features include interactive data visualisation capabilities, readily accessible static…
Month: October 2019
Arcis appoints NES Financial for OZ admin
Silicon Valley-based NES Financial has been contracted to provide its purpose-built Opportunity Zone fund administration suite to Arcis Real Estate Capital LLC, a U.S.-based investment management and advisory firm that sponsors and invests in real estate asset classes such as student housing, multifamily, senior living, and hospitality.
CTIM selects Northern Trust’s Integrated Trade Solutions service
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide its Integrated Trading Solutions service and MiFID II transaction reporting to Charles Taylor Investment Management (CTIM), the fund management business of Charles Taylor plc, a professional services and technology solutions provider to the global insurance market. CTIM has USD2bn AuM. The mandate expands CTIM’s existing relationship with Northern…
1618 Investment Funds selects SGSS’s CrossWise solution
1618 Investment Funds, the Luxembourg-based asset management company, has selected CrossWise, the front-to-back outsourcing solution offered by Société Générale, for its Luxembourg SICAV.
BNP Paribas wins USD7.5bn mandate from Colombia’s Protección
BNP Paribas has been appointed as global custodian by Protección S.A. and has onboarded Protección’s foreign portfolio of over USD7.5bn in assets. Protección S.A. is one of the largest pension funds in Colombia with over USD31bn in assets. One of its main shareholders is SURA Asset Management, which is a subsidiary of SURA Group, one…
Northern Trust adds risk management to FOS product set
Northern Trust has expanded its front office solutions product set to include a suite of risk management capabilities, enabling asset owners to review and assess the operational strengths and risks of investment managers, including those managing alternative strategies such as hedge funds, private equity funds, real assets and direct investments. The operational risk management solutions…
Citi’s Jervis Smith joins Vistra to head Lux and NL offices
Vistra, the Asia-based provider of global trust, fund administration and corporate services, has appointed Jervis Smith as country managing director of Luxembourg. Smith will be responsible for leading Vistra’s Luxembourg office and growing the business, as well as the Vistra office in The Netherlands. Vistra has nearly 250 staff in Luxembourg, its second largest operation…
Northern Trust hires Gil Platteau for Switzerland client role
Northern Trust has appointed Gil Platteau to the senior leadership team in Switzerland. Based in the Basel office, Platteau will manage key client relationships with Swiss pension funds and insurance companies. Platteau was most recently at Mercer Delegated Solutions, where he was country head of Switzerland.
Mercatus adds Jeff Conway to board
Mercatus, a technology provider to alternative investors and asset managers with USD540bn on its platform, has appointed Jeff Conway to its board of directors. Before leaving State Street earlier this year, Conway was head of global delivery and business transformation, having spent 30 years at the firm.
Exchangelodge adds fund admin oversight module
Exchangelodge, a US-based provider of SaaS digital process automation and data integration solutions to alternative investment managers, has launched Exchangelodge Version 2.0, which includes a fund administration oversight module. This module automates a fund of hedge fund manager’s review of their administrators by utilising workflows, business rules, and data interrogation to highlight exceptions.