LGPS CIV LTD (London CIV), which manages London’s Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) assets, has appointed CACEIS to provide cost transparency and benchmarking services.
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Universal-Investment wins EUR4.5bn ManCo mandate
Universal-Investment has been appointed as the new ManCo for the Luxembourg fund portfolio of Switzerland’s Fisch Asset Management. The Fisch Umbrella Fund, with AuC of c. EUR4.5bn (USD5.1bn), covers 13 UCITS sub-funds which include corporate bond, convertible bond and absolute return funds. RBC Investor Services Bank remains responsible for fund administration, custody and transfer agency.…
Leith Wheeler expands CIBC Mellon relationship
CIBC Mellon has been selected to provide custody services to Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. for several investment funds. This mandate builds on a 25-year asset servicing relationship between CIBC Mellon and Leith Wheeler. Leith Wheeler manages >CAD23bn (USD18bn) for clients across Canada.
LuxSE and SG pioneer DLT token listing
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and Société Générale have completed the admission of the first financial instruments registered on a public DLT platform on LuxSE’s Securities Official List. The three sets of security tokens admitted on LuxSE SOL are digital covered bonds (OFH tokens) and structured products that have been issued and deployed by SG’s…
Fireblocks hits USD8bn valuation
Fireblocks, the U.S.-based crypto services provider in which BNY Mellon has a stake, has raised USD550m in Series E funding. This brings its valuation to USD8bn, making Fireblocks the highest-valued digital asset infrastructure provider in the world. This follows the recent USD350m fundraising round by Anchorage Digital, the U.S.-based crypto custody platform, valuing the business…
Clearwater hires head of global delivery
Clearwater Analytics, a U.S.-based provider of SaaS-based investment accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, has hired Diane McLoughlin as head of global delivery. In this capacity, she will set the strategic direction of the company’s global delivery function and lead the team responsible for the onboarding of clients to the Clearwater solution in North America and…
Richard Street leaves RBC
Richard Street, global head of client coverage, has left RBC Investor & Treasury Services. Street, who joined RBC in 2016 from Citi, assumed the global role after Francis Jackson was promoted to run the investor services business in 2019.
Gemini acquires Omniex
Gemini, the crypto firm founded by the Winklevoss brothers, has acquired Omniex, a trading technology platform that provides order, execution, and portfolio management system solutions for institutional crypto trading. Omniex was founded by CEO Hu Liang and chief strategy officer John Burnett, both of whom worked at State Street. As part of this acquisition, the…
NPS expands relationship with BNY Mellon
National Pension Service of Korea (NPS), thought to be the world’s third largest pension fund, has expanded its agreement with BNY Mellon to include middle office, accounting and risk solutions, delivered through BNY Mellon’s OMNI platform. NPS appointed BNY Mellon in 2018 as its global custodian for its fixed income portfolios, which were recently onboarded.…
SGSS partners with Lumi for e-voting
SGSS and Lumi Technologies, a provider of electronic voting services, have signed a partnership to ensure the long-term success of the existing SGSS tablet voting service and offer new remote voting services for general meetings. At the request of SGSS, Lumi Technologies recently acquired the intellectual property and the stock of touchscreen voting tablets developed…