Category: NTRS

Sanlam Asset Management (Ireland) Limited (SAMI) has appointed Northern Trust to provide fund administration, transfer agency, custody, depositary and FX services. SAMI is an investment management platform managing funds domiciled in Ireland valued at USD8.7bn. It is part of the Sanlam financial services group headquartered in South Africa. Northern Trust is now the sole provider…

Northern Trust has appointed Clive Bellows, currently head of EMEA Global Fund Services (GFS), as president, EMEA. The move is pending regulatory approval. Bellows will succeed Teresa Parker, who plans to retire at midyear, following a 42-year career at Northern Trust. Upon taking the EMEA president role, Bellows will join Northern Trust’s management group and…

Northern Trust has been appointed to provide asset servicing services to True Potential, a UK-based wealth management firm, supporting GBP26bn (USD33bn) of AuM. Northern Trust is providing fund accounting, custody, depositary and transfer agency services to True Potential’s OEIC UK-domiciled fund range. This range supports all True Potential’s investment products and assets under management.

IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has hired industry veteran John Gout as Continental Europe sales director for funds & institutional asset owners. He joins from BNP Paribas where he was a senior business development manager, responsible for sales management, client relationship development and project management. He has also worked at J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Citi.…

Steve David has been appointed CEO of FundBank (Europe), an independent provider of banking and fund services for the alternatives sector. David spent nearly 20 years with Northern Trust, most recently as CEO of its global services business in Europe. Northern Trust has yet to announce a replacement for David.

Waverton Investment Management, a UK-based manager with GBP9.1bn (USD11.6bn) AuM, has appointed Northern Trust to provide outsourced trading services through its Integrated Trading Solutions business. Northern Trust will cover equities, derivatives and fixed income assets as Waverton’s sole provider of trading services. The appointment followed a review by Waverton of its operating model intended to…

The Nebraska Investment Council (NIC) has selected Northern Trust to provide asset management and asset servicing solutions, including custody, portfolio analytics and securities lending, for its pension fund. The NIC is an independent state agency that manages USD37.5bn across 32 investment programs. NIC provides investment services to the state of Nebraska and is responsible for…

Zodia Custody, the digital assets custodian, has launched Interchange Connect, which it claims will make it the most connected custodian for institutional digital asset custody. Interchange Connect is a network of networks across the spectrum of institutional-focused digital asset custody services. Additionally, Zodia has established a collaboration with Copper’s Clearloop Network to provide greater optionality…