SWEN Capital Partners, a France-based provider of unlisted sustainable investment solutions, has launched its second European impact fund, Blue Ocean. The fund aims to raise EUR120m (USD143m). SGSS has been appointed as the fund’s depositary.
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Northern Trust appoints new head of Australia & New Zealand
Northern Trust has appointed Leon Stavrou as head of its business in Australia and New Zealand. He succeeds Angelo Calvitto, who was named as head of Northern Trust in Asia Pacific earlier this year. Stavrou was most recently a global services executive responsible for Northern Trust’s asset servicing operations across Australia, and for ensuring the…
Citi & Vistra to service Food Securities Fund
The Food Securities Fund, which provides working capital loans to sustainable agriculture companies in emerging and developing markets, has appointed Citi as the fund’s central administration agent and depository. Vistra, the Singapore-based administrator, will provide AIFM ManCo services from Luxembourg. The Food Securities Fund has been developed by Clarmondial, a Switzerland-based investment firm.
my529 appoints State Street for investment servicing solutions
State Street has been appointed by my529 to provide investment servicing solutions, covering accounting, daily NAV calculations, performance reporting, and daily cash settlements, as well as dynamic cash allocations, trading, and rebalancing services. my529, Utah’s official nonprofit 529 educational savings plan, is available to residents of any state and currently has over USD20bn AuM.
Northern Trust names Scott Bachmann as UK head of LGPS
Northern Trust has named Scott Bachmann as UK head of public sector (LGPS) within its institutional investor group. Bachmann joined Northern Trust in 2006, and was most recently head of investment risk & analytical services for EMEA and Asia.
Eric Chng joins State Street in APAC
State Street has appointed Eric Chng as an SVP within its client segments group, focused on the alternatives and insurance sectors in Asia Pacific. He is based in Singapore, and joins from Citco, where he was head of business development and sales across APAC.
State Street to add 400 tech jobs in Ireland
State Street is to establish a new 400-strong team in Ireland to provide technology infrastructure and cybersecurity services to support group operations globally. State Street currently employs approximately 2,000 staff in Ireland across Dublin, Drogheda, Naas and Kilkenny. The new unit will be located at IDA Ireland Business and Technology Park in Kilkenny, where State…
China’s E Fund appoints HSBC to service Luxembourg UCITS
HSBC has been appointed by E Fund Management (Hong Kong) Co Ltd to provide servicing solutions for its existing Luxembourg UCITS. This expands HSBC’s servicing of E Fund’s current funds business beyond Asia, where HSBC acts as the depositary, custodian, transfer agent, fund administrator and corporate secretary of the E Fund Greater China High Dividend…
Danske Invest awards J.P. Morgan USD70bn mandate
Danske Invest, the mutual funds arm of Denmark’s Danske Bank, has appointed J.P. Morgan as custodian and depositary for a portion of its funds business, covering assets of USD70bn (EUR59bn). In total, Danske Invest has EUR100bn AuM (USD118bn) across 300 funds.
State Street appoints new head of global markets for Europe
State Street has appointed Simona Stoytchkova as its new head of Global Markets, Europe. Global Markets is State Street’s capital markets business, providing research, trading, and securities lending services for foreign exchange, securities and derivatives. Based in Frankfurt, Stoytchkova joins from IG Europe, where she was country head for Germany & Netherlands.