Category: Mandates

Two mandates for HSBC Securities Services: HSS has been appointed as custodian and administrator for International Asset Management’s UCITS and AIF ICAV multi manager platforms, domiciled in Ireland. As part of the mandate, HSS will provide custody, trustee, transfer agent, fund administration and other related banking services. Kommunalbanken, a local government funding agency wholly owned…

NES Financial has been appointed to provide OZ fund administration services to InvestNewMexico.us (INM), a New Mexico–based partnership focused on affordable and sustainable housing, agriculture, film, technology transfer and emerging media industries. This follows NES’s recent announcement that it is now servicing 50 OZ funds.

U.S. Bank now offers investors access to the Saudi Arabia market. HSBC Saudi Arabia will act as sub-custodian and Saudi Arabia British Bank as cash correspondent bank. HSBC and SABB will provide U.S. Bank with local custody and cash clearing services for investment services clients investing in Saudi Arabia through the qualified foreign investor (QFI)…

BNP Paribas Securities Services has been appointed as custodian and administrator for Nikko Asset Management’s first passive ETF, domiciled in Hong Kong. As part of the mandate, BNP Paribas will provide middle office, custody services, trustee, transfer agent and fund administration. This expands an existing relationship between Nikko Asset Management and BNP Paribas.

State Street has been appointed by the Omani Staff Pension Fund for Petroleum Development Oman to provide custody and investment servicing solutions for >USD2.3bn AuM. PDO has been a client of State Street Global Advisors for several years, and this mandate represents a new collaboration for one of Oman’s largest private sector employers with State…