J.P. Morgan’s securities services business is building a link to SimCorp Dimension. SimCorp is a provider of technology solutions and services for the asset management sector. Available to mutual clients, the front-to-middle office and custody integration has gone live at one asset owner in APAC.
Year: 2021
Star Mountain selects PEF for SBIC fund admin
PEF Services, a U.S.-based administrator for alternative investment funds, has been selected to provide SBIC (small business investment company) fund administration services to Star Mountain Capital, LLC. With nearly USD2bn AuM, Star Mountain is a 100pct employee-owned investment firm focused exclusively on the U.S. lower middle-market by investing debt and equity directly into established operating…
Diversified Trust appoints SS&C for PE admin
Diversified Trust, a U.S.-based wealth management firm with USD7.5bn AuM, has selected SS&C as fund administrator for its private equity fund of funds platform. SS&C will provide private equity administration, portfolio look-through reporting, tax services, treasury support services and investor AML/KYC compliance. Diversified Trust also uses SS&C Black Diamond within its wealth management business and…
Northern Trust wins USD26bn UK Coal mandate
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide a range of asset servicing solutions to the UK’s Coal Pension Trustees Services Limited (CPT). CPT is the in-house executive company owned by the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme – two closed defined benefit schemes representing members who previously worked in the UK…
Aztec appoints Jon Ball as client development director
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Jon Ball as client development director, based in the UK. In this newly created role, he will work closely with the client delivery and business development teams to build key relationships and ensure consistent service delivery. Previously a director within PwC’s strategic account management team, he worked with…
Vistra appoints new head of Netherlands
Vistra, the Singapore-based provider of administration and corporate services, has appointed Nicole van Bunge as country managing director for the Netherlands. She joined Vistra Netherlands as head of business development in 2016.
State Street to service dual access ETF for AllianceBernstein in Australia
State Street has been appointed as servicing agent for an AllianceBernstein ETF in Australia that now offers the dual access option. Originally developed seven years ago, AB’s Managed Volatility Equities Fund was listed on the Chi-X exchange in April, leveraging the innovative dual access model, which enables active managers to run a single register for…
Apex to administer new energy fund for Federation Asset Management
Apex Group has expanded its relationship with Federation Asset Management to administer the Sustainable Australian Real Asset Trust (SARA), an energy transition investment fund. Apex will provide fund administration, share registry and regulatory services. SARA will invest in renewable energy projects and developments, energy storage systems and other sustainable infrastructure projects and developments across Australia…
PNC appoints SS&C for accounting and operations
Producer’s National Corporation, a U.S.-based insurance holding company, has selected SS&C to manage accounting and operations across its alternative and fixed income investment portfolios. The mandate covers PNC’s three insurance companies: Unique Insurance Company, Viva Seguros Insurance Company, and Stonegate Insurance Company.
Northern Trust hires Arthur Hill to head asset servicing product management
Northern Trust has hired Arthur Hill as head of product management for asset servicing. Based in Chicago, Hill reports to Paul d’Ouville, head of asset servicing product and client solutions. Hill joins from Capgemini, where he was a senior director for its global insurance and financial services group.