Monochrome, an Australia-based ETF manager, has launched the country’s first directly held Bitcoin ETF. Vasco Trustees Limited is the Responsible Entity (trustee) of the fund and has engaged State Street as cash custodian and administrator for the ETF. Vasco has also appointed Gemini Trust Company, LLC as the fund’s Bitcoin custodian.
Category: ETF
Vivian Tung moves to MFS
Vivian Tung has left BNY Mellon to join the ETF product team at MFS Investment Management, based in Boston. At BNY Mellon Tung was global head of ETF services. She joined in 2022 after spending nearly 17 years at BBH.
J.P. Morgan hires ETF SME
J.P. Morgan has hired Ciarán Fitzpatrick as global head of ETF product management, based in Dublin. He was previously at State Street.
Kingsview expands with Ultimus
Ultimus, the U.S.-based provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has been appointed by Kingsview Wealth Management, LLC to support four new ETF launches. Ultimus first worked with Kingsview in 2021 to support the launch of the three initial Monarch ETFs.
U.S. Bank to support Pacer’s European ETFs
U.S. Bank has been appointed to provide fund administration, transfer agency and global custody services for Pacer Financial’s three new European ETFs, which are the European version of three of Pacer’s Cash Cows strategies: Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend UCITS ETF; Pacer US Cash Cows 100 UCITS ETF; and Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows…
U.S. Bank hires ETF CCO
U.S. Bank has hired Josh Jacobs for the newly created role of chief commercial officer for ETFs. He will be responsible for all aspects of the business development and relationship management coverage of the ETF business. Jacobs brings more than 20 years of financial services experience, most recently at J.P. Morgan, where he was head…
ULTUMUS partners with Calastone
ULTUMUS has integrated Calastone’s ETF servicing technology with ULTUMUS’ COSMOS ETF creation/redemption platform. The integration allows a full, front-to-back deployment for fund managers and asset servicers to centralise and streamline the entire ETF process, from order capture and approval through order management, cash confirmation, settlement, and reporting. ULTUMUS claims to be the largest PCF calculation…
State Street to service new DWS ETPs
State Street has been appointed to provide administration services to the two new ETPs issued by DWS: the Xtrackers Galaxy Physical Bitcoin ETC Securities (XXBT) and the Xtrackers Galaxy Physical Ethereum ETC Securities (XETH), both of which are listed on Deutsche Börse. State Street will work alongside Zodia Custody and Coinbase, which have been appointed…
ETC consolidates with Zodia
The ETC Group, a Germany-based digital asset ETP issuer, has formed a partnership with Zodia Custody, which will see a migration of assets from existing ETC Group products — including the recently launched ETC Group Ethereum Staking ETP (ET32) — to Zodia. In 2023 ETC appointed Komainu as custodian for its first index ETP and…
Perennial expands with SS&C
Perennial Partners, an Australian asset manager, has retained SS&C for unit registry services. SS&C will provide a range of services to Perennial’s investors across all fund types, including active ETFs, unlisted and dual-listed funds, and private equity. Previously, SS&C serviced unlisted and dual-listed funds for Perennial Partners. After a market evaluation process, Perennial expanded its…