CACEIS has finally confirmed that CANDRIAM, the French asset manager, will migrate asset servicing activities (custody, fund administration, transfer agency) for its Luxembourg and French funds from RBC I&TS to CACEIS. The migration will start at the end of March 2020, following approval by the competent regulatory authorities. It will take place in three waves…
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U.S. Bank to administer USD1.9bn mutual fund family for Wilshire
Wilshire Associates has appointed U.S. Bank to provide custody, fund administration and transfer agency services for its family of nine mutual funds with USD1.9bn in assets. U.S.-based Wilshire will continue its relationship with U.S. Bank to service alternative investments, as well as U.S. Bancorp Asset Management for securities lending and overnight investment of cash balances.
NES Financial to administer OZ fund for Hatteras Sky
NES Financial, the Silicon Valley-based administrator, has been appointed to administer a Salt Lake Opportunity Zone Fund for Hatteras Sky, a commercial real estate development firm.
Segall Bryant & Hamill switches USD2.5bn mutual fund assets to Ultimus
Ultimus has been appointed as the mutual fund administration service provider for Segall Bryant & Hamill, an independent investment firm based in Chicago. SBH appointed Ultimus to convert the firm’s 17 mutual funds with over USD2.5bn AuM, and to provide services including financial accounting, fund administration, transfer agency, compliance, and distribution. SBH offers fee-based investment…
Aztec appointed as depositary for Stafford Capital Partners
The Aztec Group, a C.I.-based administrator, has been selected to provide depositary services to Stafford Capital Partners, a U.S. real assets and private markets investment and advisory group. Aztec will act as a depositary to 13 investment vehicles with over USD1.9bn in assets.
Storebrand appoints Northern Trust in Luxembourg
Northern Trust has been selected by Nordic investment manager Storebrand Asset Management AS as asset servicing provider for its AIF and UCITS funds domiciled in Luxembourg. Northern Trust will provide global custody, fund administration, transfer agency, depositary, and company secretarial services for the Storebrand funds in Luxembourg. The UCITS umbrella fund will operate a number…
VFMC selects BNY Mellon’s Eagle for data management
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has selected BNY Mellon’s Eagle Data Management product to underpin its data and IT transformation strategy. The solutions, hosted on Eagle ACCESS, a secure private cloud, also include a managed services agreement to integrate, clean, enrich and validate multiple sources of investment data into one centralised location and help manage…
Fondo.Fon.Te. appoints SGSS as depositary in Italy
SGSS in Italy has been selected as depositary by Fondo Fon.Te., the collectively agreed supplementary pension fund for employees of businesses in the tertiary sector (commerce, tourism and services), the third largest in Italy by assets under management, with a total of EUR4bn.
Northern Trust to service Corry Capital Advisors’ U.S. commingled funds
Northern Trust has been appointed by Corry Capital Advisors (CCA) to provide fund administration and related services for its U.S. commingled funds. Pittsburgh-based CCA appointed Northern Trust earlier this year to provide fund administration and depositary services for Irish-domiciled funds. With approximately USD1.3bn AuM, CCA invests in non-contestable life insurance policies.
State Street confirms expansion of relationship with VanEck to include ETFs
State Street has confirmed that it has expanded its servicing arrangement with VanEck, the New York-based manager, to provide ETF services for nearly USD40bn of assets. As part of this arrangement State Street will provide a variety of back office services, including accounting and certain administration functions, for more than 60 VanEck funds. BNY Mellon…