State Street has entered into an alliance with Coremont, the operations specialist that was spun out from Brevan Howard, a UK hedge fund manager. The alliance will provide fully integrated outsourcing services for hedge fund managers, covering front, middle and back office operations, combining Coremont’s portfolio management analytics and support with State Street’s asset servicing…
Month: May 2020
Ocorian hires Melville Rodrigues as senior consultant
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Melville Rodrigues as senior consultant to its fund services team. He joins from Charles Russell Speechlys, a UK law firm.
BP2S begins securities operations in Mexico
BNP Paribas Securities Services has begun operations in Mexico. Through an existing BNP Paribas subsidiary – BNP Paribas Asset Management México, S.A. de C.V. Sociedad Operadora de Fondos de Inversión – BP2S began its Mexico operations in March, providing daily accounting and valuation services as well as tax pricing and regulatory reporting. The Mexico office…
JTC hires two senior managers for new Dublin office
JTC, the C.I.-based independent administrator, has appointed Ronan Reilly as managing director and Imran Khan as director of the company’s new Dublin office. Reilly was previously at Law Debenture, whilst Khan was global head of operations for private capital services at RBC.
iCapital to acquire Artivest
iCapital Network, a financial technology provider for the alternatives industry, has agreed to acquire the Artivest platform and operating businesses. Under the terms of the agreement, iCapital will purchase the majority of Artivest’s assets, including all technology and its operating platform. The transaction also includes management of Artivest’s 28 proprietary alternative investment funds, along with…
Intertrust hires Derek Ramage as head of fund ops in Lux
Intertrust, the Netherlands-based provider of corporate and fund solutions, has appointed Derek Ramage as head of fund operations. He will be based in Luxembourg. Ramage will have responsibility for client service and expanding the company’s Luxembourg-based private capital fund business. He will also have responsibility for the day to day running of fund operations, including fund accounting,…
Northern Trust deploys machine learning for FX management
Northern Trust has enhanced its currency management solutions with machine learning models designed to enable greater oversight of thousands of daily data points and help reduce risk throughout the currency management lifecycle. The solution has been developed in conjunction with Northern Trust’s strategic partner, Lumint Corporation. The advanced technology used by the Robotic Oversight System…
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.
Aztec promotes two in real assets leadership team
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has made two senior appointments to its real assets leadership team. Farhan Ahmed has been appointed as head of real assets in Luxembourg, while Richard Anthony has assumed the role of head of real assets in Jersey. Both are internal appointments.
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…