Omba Investments ICAV has appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody, depositary and associated services for its new Ireland-domiciled UCITS umbrella fund. The planned USD100m fund will be launched with two new UCITS funds, the Omba Global Thematic Fund and Omba Global Equity Fund. Omba Advisory & Investments is a UK-based manager serving family offices,…
Month: November 2021
FINBOURNE wins another major IBOR mandate
Railpen, one of the UK’s largest pension funds with c. GBP35bn AuM, has selected FINBOURNE’s cloud-based investment data management platform, LUSID, as its IBOR solution. LUSID will support Railpen’s multi-asset portfolios with standardised data and an aggregated view of positions and exposure. The mandate follows the recent decision by UK-based Baillie Gifford, the GBP352bn asset…
Apex to service Azimut’s life insurance company
Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration and middle office services to Azimut Life dac, the Ireland-registered life insurance company of Azimut Group, an Italy-based independent asset management firm with >EUR80bn (USD91bn) AuM.
State Street hires performance expert from BNY Mellon
After a 19-year career at BNY Mellon, Marc Rubenfeld has joined State Street as MD, Alpha Platform Management – Investment Performance, based in the U.S. Most recently he was head of EMEA sales for data & analytics solutions at BNY Mellon.
Zodia and Northern Trust to support Invesco’s new Bitcoin ETP
Invesco, the U.S.-based asset manager with USD1.5trn AuM, has launched a Bitcoin ETP on Xetra that is aimed sophisticated investors looking to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency. The Invesco Physical Bitcoin ETP will be 100pct backed by holdings in the underlying digital assets, with the aim of delivering the price performance of Bitcoin, less a…
Pendal expands relationship with Northern Trust
Northern Trust has been appointed to deliver a range of asset services to the Pendal Group Limited across Australia, UK and Ireland. Northern Trust has also expanded the services it performs for Pendal’s business in the U.S. The appointment by Pendal, a global investment manager with AuM of AUD139.2bn (USD104.4bn), covers its wholly owned subsidiary…
Northern Trust Canada hires two seniors from RBC
Northern Trust Canada has appointed Kim Stevens as CFO. Prior to Northern Trust, she worked at Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank. Edouard Strew has joined as a senior relationship manager, based in Montréal. He joins from RBC, where he spent more than 15 years.
Mirae appoints Citi in Australia
Mirae Asset Global Investments, a Korea-based investment manager with USD218bn AuM, has appointed Citi Australia as provider of custody and fund administration services for its Australian traditional fund business. Kris Walesby, CEO, Mirae Asset Australia said: “We are delighted to partner with a highly experienced partner such as Citi as we strategically look at growth…
Northern Trust to support new CCF for Storebrand
The Asset Management Exchange (Ireland) Limited has launched a tax transparent common contractual fund for Storebrand Asset Management, the Nordic manager which has NOK1,058bn (USD120bn) AuM in both private and public markets. AMX provides the fund structure, the management company and the operational set-up, and facilitates the tax reclaim process. This enables UK pension funds…
TMF appoints ESG director
TMF Group, a Netherlands-based fund and corporate services provider, has appointed Flavia Micilotta as director, ESG solutions. Prior to joining TMF, she led the sustainability practice at Deloitte in Luxembourg. Before that she was director of the Luxembourg Green Exchange. She will report to Andrew O’Shea, global head of fund services.