Month: July 2020

Northern Trust has won three new mandates from European insurers. Hannover Re, the German reinsurer, appointed Northern Trust to provide collateral management and global custody services for its longevity risk transfer business. AND-E, a European subsidiary of the Japanese insurance group MS&AD, appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody and related asset servicing solutions for…

The DMS Group, a Cayman-based provider of governance, risk and compliance services, has acquired Oligo Swiss Fund Services, a Swiss FINMA-accredited fund services company. Oligo is authorised and regulated to represent foreign funds distributed in Switzerland with a service that includes fund representation, distribution services and arrangements with the paying agent bank. Oligo currently works…

Northern Trust has been appointed by Azimut (DIFC) Limited to provide asset servicing and portfolio reporting for its Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) funds in the Middle East. Northern Trust will deliver portfolio reporting and local servicing in the local time zone directly from the United Arab Emirates. Azimut (DIFC) Limited is part of the…

BNP Paribas Securities Services has automated the processing of key asset servicing documentation, part of the group’s digital transformation programme. The initiative, which took 12 months to implement, aims to enhance back office operational efficiency, increase straight-through processing rates and reduce services turn-around times for clients. Using Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and machine learning, including…