Category: Mandates

Two new mandates for U.S. Bank in Ireland: Catalyst Capital Advisors, LLC has appointed U.S. Bank to provide fund administration and UCITS depositary services. The Carne Group will serve as the management company. New York-based Catalyst is an existing U.S. client, with USD14bn AuM. Iguana Investments has appointed U.S. Bank to provide fund administration and…

Intertrust, the Netherlands-based provider of corporate and fund solutions, has assisted Bansk Group with the launch and ongoing servicing of its new private fund structure. The fund has been established as a Guernsey private investment fund. The sole purpose of the fund is to act as a private investment vehicle for the assets of a…

Swiss Life Asset Managers Luxembourg has mandated Société Générale Securities Services to take over its local representative agent (LRA) and local transfer agent (LTA) activities in France. This new mandate strengthens the partnership between the Swiss Life Group and SGSS. The LRA/LTA activity for Luxembourg funds distributed in France was previously carried out by Swiss…

18FEB20: Northern Trust has been appointed by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund to provide its Integrated Trading Solutions package, including outsourced trading and middle office functionality, for a domestic equity portfolio managed internally by IMRF, the state’s second-largest public retirement plan. Northern Trust and IMRF have a more than 30-year relationship. Northern Trust provides global…

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…

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.