Category: Mandates

Lemanik Asset Management, the Luxembourg-based ManCo and AIFM, has been appointed as ManCo for the ICBC (Europe) UCITS SICAV. The fund has currently two sub-funds: the China Opportunity Bond Fund and the ICBC Schroders Belt and Road Bond Funds, with ICBC Asset Management (Global) Company Limited (Asia) as investment manager and Schroder Investment Management (Hong…

HSBC has been appointed by Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd, one of Canada’s largest independent asset management firms, to provide fund administration, transfer agency, custody and depositary services to its first Ireland-registered UCITS umbrella fund. The initial sub-funds include the CC&L Q Emerging Markets Equity UCITS Fund and the CC&L Q Global Equity…

Apex Group has been appointed by Barometer Capital Management Inc., an independently owned Canadian investment firm that manages > CAD1bn, to provide administration services to the Barometer Global Music Royalty Fund LP. Barometer Capital has partnered with the Kilometre Music Group Inc., a music rights management company, to launch the fund, a limited partnership with…

Hillman Capital Management, a U.S.-based equity manager, has transitioned its Hillman Value Fund (HCMAX) to SS&C ALPS Series Trust. SS&C ALPS Registered Fund Services will administer the USD176m fund. The SS&C ALPS Series Trust platform provides a front-to-back solution for asset managers and fund issuers. The turn-key service model includes compliance, creative Web services, distribution…

Coller Capital, a UK-based investor in the private equity secondary market, has launched a USD9bn fund, Coller International Partners VIII. Investor support came from over 200 of the world’s leading institutional investors. Northern Trust, which has a 25-year relationship with Coller Capital, has been appointed to provide fund administration, banking and depositary services for the…

Lifetri Group, a Dutch provider of life, funeral and term life insurance, has selected CACEIS for outsourcing of its middle and back office asset management operations. The service includes investment administration, transaction processing and investment reporting. CACEIS will deploy the latest version of SimCorp Dimension to support Lifetri.