The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has expanded its relationship with Northern Trust to include data services through its data warehouse solutions offering. Northern Trust has provided the NZ Super Fund with global custody and compliance monitoring services since 2007 and securities lending services from 2019. Northern Trust Asset Management has provided investment management services to…
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Northern to service new ELTIF
Partners Group has appointed Northern Trust to provide fund accounting, transfer agency, depositary and corporate secretarial services for its new European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF)-compliant Private Equity Evergreen Fund, structured as a Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV. Based in Switzerland, Partners Group is a private markets firm with USD147bn AuM.
Novata raises funds
Novata, a fintech that provides ESG data for private markets investments, has completed a new round of financing from returning investors Hamilton Lane and S&P Global, and a new investor, Motive Ventures, which is backed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. In 2023 Novata struck a deal with Northern Trust, an investor, to provide its…
Equip Super hires Northern Trust
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide asset servicing solutions, including global custody, fund administration and portfolio analytics services, to Equip Super, an Australian super fund. The transition of services took effect in April 2024. Headquartered in Melbourne, Equip Super offers super, financial advice and pensions to more than 140,000 members across Australia. As of…
Gen II appoints European ops head
Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based private assets administrator, has appointed Matt Le Noury as head of European operations, based in Guernsey, C.I. He was part of the Crestbridge PERE business that Gen II recently acquired, and has also worked for Citco and Northern Trust.
Northern Trust wins firefighters mandate
Northern Trust has been selected by the Firefighters’ Retirement System of Louisiana to provide asset servicing and data analytics capabilities for the USD2.4bn fund.
Nest moves to Northern Trust
Northern Trust has been appointed by Nest as its new fund administrator, replacing the current provider when the contract expires in October 2025. Northern Trust will provide services including custody, asset allocation and rebalancing, and performance measurement. Nest was set up to ensure every UK employer could offer a workplace pension to their employees. It…
NTRS wins Cornerstone FTM mandate
Cornerstone FTM, a fintech-focused investment fund, has selected Northern Trust and its strategic partner, Equity Data Science (EDS), for the Research Management System (RMS) and Portfolio Construction solutions. Cornerstone will also leverage Northern Trust’s custody and hedge fund administration services, and data visualisation and ingestion capabilities from EDS. RMS and Portfolio Construction are data-driven tools…
New Silk Road outsources trading
Northern Trust has been selected to provide outsourced trading via its Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) for New Silk Road Investment Pte Ltd., a Singapore-based investment manager. In addition to the new mandate for trading services, Northern Trust continues to provide global custody services for New Silk Road funds, which it has done since 2011.
6 Monks appoints Zodia
6 Monks has become the first AIFM authorised to manage third-party digital assets funds, following recent approval from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This marks the first time professional investors in European jurisdictions have been permitted to invest directly into digital assets through a regulated or semi-regulated AIF. 6 Monks has appointed…