Northern Trust and BondEvalue have completed the first trade of a fractionalised blockchain-based bond. The trade of a blockchain-based bond, known as BondbloX, was executed on BondEvalue’s platform, with Northern Trust as the exclusive asset servicing provider. This comes after the two parties established a strategic partnership in 2019 to deliver integrated asset servicing and…
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BNY Mellon wins EUR40bn fund admin mandate for Deka Immobilien
BNY Mellon has been appointed by Deka Immobilien, a subsidiary of Germany’s DekaBank, to provide global fund administration coordination and oversight for its special purpose vehicles. Much of Deka’s EUR40bn in real estate assets is invested globally through SPVs. BNY Mellon’s role will be to coordinate accounting data from the SPVs around the world in…
Duff & Phelps launches Super ManCo in Ireland
Duff & Phelps, a U.S.-based provider of governance, risk and transparency solutions, has been authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as an AIFM and UCITS management company (Super ManCo) in Ireland. The Irish Super ManCo joins Luxembourg as the second hub in Duff & Phelps’ European operations to offer a full portfolio of independent…
Fidinam and Hex Trust partner on digital assets
Fidinam, a Switzerland-based consultancy firm providing corporate tax and accounting services for digital assets, has partnered with Hex Trust, the Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian and infrastructure platform for banks and financial institutions, to enter the digital asset ecosystem. The partnership enables Fidinam to provide digital asset services to their global clients, leveraging Hex Trust’s…
Maples deploys Geneva for Irish AIFM business unit
MPMF Fund Management (Ireland) Limited, the Maples Group‘s alternative investment fund manager and UCITS management company, has launched technology enhancements. MPMF has implemented Advent Geneva, the portfolio accounting system owned by SS&C, to maintain investment books of record. Geneva is a fully integrated multicurrency portfolio accounting system. In addition, MPMF has implemented MSCI Risk Manager…
Ocorian supports sixth PE fund for Pacific Equity Partners
Pacific Equity Partners, an Australia-based private markets fund manager, has closed its sixth core fund with Ocorian, the C.I.-based fund services provider, as administrator. The Cayman-domiciled fund has AUD2.5bn of commitments. Ocorian assisted with the establishment, launch and closings of Fund VI and will continue to provide ongoing support, including administrative, depositary and governance services…
BBH sets up NY trust company to service insurance and reinsurance clients
Brown Brothers Harriman has launched a new institutional trust company incorporated in the State of New York, expanding BBH’s servicing suite for insurance and reinsurance firms and their institutional trust arrangements governed across multiple jurisdictions. The BBH Institutional Trust Company of New York will be led by Diane Wiley, SVP and head of insurance relationship…
IQ-EQ adds two senior managers in Amsterdam
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has made two senior appointments in its Amsterdam office. Stefan de Kort joins as director, fund services, while Laurens de Lange, who joined the group in 2018, has been promoted to compliance leader for the Netherlands. de Kort, who was previously self-employed as a business solutions consultant, has worked at State…
State Street to service four new actively managed ETFs for T. Rowe Price
State Street has scored another major coup in the ETF sector, having been appointed as service provider for four recently launched T. Rowe Price active ETFs. For the past three years, State Street has supported T. Rowe Price in the development of service models and launch planning, culminating in the funds’ public availability. As part…
DZ Privatbank in Luxembourg appoints Deutsche Bank for Spanish sub-custody
The Luxembourg office of DZ Privatbank has appointed Deutsche Bank as its sub-custodian in Spain. The company consolidated the fixed income and equity assets it manages in Luxembourg and migrated these assets to Deutsche Bank at the end of July.