Northern Trust has enhanced its investment performance reporting services to deliver Sunday to Friday investment returns for clients with Middle East mandates. This latest development enables Middle East-specific performance data to be reported with greater depth of analytics and timeliness for local markets.
Year: 2021
Northern Trust signs deal with NQR
Northern Trust has entered into an agreement with National Quality Review (NQR) to provide U.S. mutual fund managers with access to NQR Intermediary INSIGHT, a service that helps managers support their operational oversight of intermediary firms – entities that facilitate financial transactions between investors and investment products. Under the terms of the agreement NQR will…
Northern Trust to provide TM services to Standard Bank clients
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Northern Trust to partner on the delivery of transition management services across Southern Africa. Under the partnership, Standard Bank’s clients will gain access to Northern Trust’s full suite of transition management services.
Digital Asset teams up with Exberry & Baymarkets for digital asset CCP
Exberry, a provider of exchange technology, has partnered with Digital Asset and Baymarkets to launch exchange infrastructure with central counterparty clearing functionality. This partnership will enable new digital asset marketplaces to launch on a fully compliant, end-to-end exchange platform encompassing registry, custody, trading, matching and clearing services. The updated end-to-end exchange architecture features Clara, the…
Daniel Klier joins Arabesque to run S-Ray
Daniel Klier is to join Arabesque Group as the new CEO of Arabesque S-Ray GmbH and president of the Arabesque Group, effective in June 2021. He will lead the expansion of Arabesque S-Ray’s ESG data, advisory and research services worldwide. He was previously at HSBC, where he was global head of sustainable finance, Arabesque is…
Ocorian supports launch of Cordiant’s digital assets fund
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported the launch of Guernsey’s first London Stock Exchange listed fund focused specifically on investing in digital infrastructure assets, Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Fund Limited. The fund, managed by Canadian asset manager, Cordiant Capital Inc., is listed on the specialist fund segment of the LSE’s main market. It raised GBP370m from…
Link partners with Confluence for portfolio compliance
Link Fund Solutions, part of Australia-based Link Group, has partnered with Confluence Technologies to launch a portfolio compliance solution. Confluence will provide automated daily monitoring of Link’s funds compliance with investment and borrowing power rules, as defined by regulators in the UK, Ireland and Luxembourg.
Prescient to service first PE fund for Moshesh Partners in South Africa
Moshesh Partners Fund Management (Pty) Ltd, a private equity firm based in South Africa, has selected Prescient Fund Services as fund administrator for its first private fund. The fund’s strategy is to invest in renewable energy and clean infrastructure.
Carne to act as AIFM for Great Point Entertainment
Carne Group, the Ireland-based administrator, has been appointed as AIFM for Great Point Entertainment Income Trust PLC ahead of its planned GBP200m flotation on the London Stock Exchange. GPEIT is a newly established, externally managed closed-end investment company.
JTC to acquire INDOS
JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has announced plans to acquire INDOS, a provider of depositary, ESG and AML oversight services for alternative investment funds. INDOS employs >50 staff across three locations in Ireland and the UK. All employees, including INDOS founder and CEO Bill Prew and his senior management team, will join JTC. The transaction is…