Equity Trustees, the Australia-based administrator, has been appointed responsible entity for two exchange-traded Sharia-compliant funds spanning equity and property. They are believed to be the first Sharia-compliant ETFs on the ASX. The ETFs are listed versions of two managed funds launched earlier this year by Australian-based investment manager, Hejaz Asset Management.
Category: ETF
BNP Paribas to support Fineco’s ETF range
BNP Paribas has been selected by Fineco Asset Management (FAM) to provide a full range of banking services for its equities and fixed income ETFs listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. FAM, an Irish UCITS management company wholly owned by Italian bank FinecoBank S.p.A., has entered the ETF market with a range of Ireland-domiciled funds.…
Ultimus supports MF conversion to ETF
Ultimus Fund Solutions, the U.S.-based independent provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has supported the conversion of the Conductor mutual fund to an ETF. in its role as accounting agent, administrator, distributor and chief compliance officer, Ultimus partnered with IronHorse Capital, a longstanding client, to facilitate this conversion. Converting to an ETF allows…
Apex to support EQONEX Lux platform
Apex has been appointed to provide corporate, administrative and trustee services to the Luxembourg platform of EQONEX Limited, the NASDAQ-listed digital assets financial services company. Apex will provide SPV administration and trustee services for the platform. EQONEX provides institutional grade infrastructure and a suite of trading, custody and asset management solutions to clients. EQONEX’s ecosystem…
Waystone launches ETF platform solution
Waystone, the Ireland-based provider of specialist services to the asset management industry, has launched Waystone ETFs, an institutional ETF platform operator. Waystone ETFs will partner with leading financial institutions to build investment products whilst leveraging open architecture solutions. These will include the ability to offer clients institutional platform solutions including white label and standalone operator…
Paul Heffernan joins Waystone
Paul Heffernan has joined Waystone as CEO of its ETF business. He previously spent six years at HSBC in senior European sales roles for the securities services business. He is based in Ireland.
Apex to administer ETFs for 3iQ
Apex has been appointed as administrator by 3iQ Digital Asset Management, Canada’s largest digital asset investment fund manager that offers investors investment products to gain exposure to digital assets. Founded in 2012, 3iQ is Canada’s largest digital asset investment fund manager with more than CAD1.8bn (USD1.4bn) AuM. New funds, 3iQ CoinShares Bitcoin Feeder ETF and…
HSBC wins major AUS ETF mandate
HSBC has been appointed by ETF Securities for middle office, custody and fund administration services for its range of equity products. ETF Securities is Australia’s oldest independent provider of ETFs and has maintained a track record of market innovation since launching the world’s first gold-backed ETF in 2003.
K2 appoints State Street for ETH ETF
K2 Asset Management has appointed State Street Australia Limited as the fund administrator in Australia for the Cosmos Purpose Ethereum Access ETF (Cboe: CPET). CPET’s underlying asset is the Purpose Ethereum ETF which is managed by Purpose Investments and quoted on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Purpose Ethereum ETF has been established to buy and…
Copper & Frick named as custodians for new 21Shares ETP
21Shares, the Swiss-based manager that claims to be the world’s largest issuer of crypto ETPs, has launched the 21Shares USD Yield ETP (USDY), which provides exposure to US Dollars while using the collateral (USDC) to seek to generate income from the digital asset lending ecosystem via a fully collateralised ETP structure. Listed on the SIX…