Category: Mandates

Northern Trust has been selected by Osmosis Investment Management, a UK-based manager, to provide fund administration, global custody and depositary services for the Osmosis Resource Efficient Core Equity (ex-fossil fuels) Fund in a UCITS common contractual fund (CCF). The Osmosis UCITS CCF is supported by Prescient Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, which serves as its Irish-regulated…

State Street has been appointed as the fund administrator and transfer agent of the VanEck Bitcoin Trust, a new bitcoin exchange-traded fund that is currently pending approval by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The trust is expected to be the first U.S.-listed ETF offering exposure to bitcoin. The trust’s investment objective is to reflect…

AssetMetrix, the German fintech in which BNP Paribas has a stake, has been appointed by ARAG, the German insurance group, for the expansion of digital back and middle office processes for its alternative investments portfolio. ARAG will use AssetMetrix’s portal-based platform to analyse its investment decisions based on tools for performance, risk management, benchmarking and…

Peregrine Capital (Pty) Ltd, a South Africa based hedge fund manager, has launched the Peregrine Capital Global Equity Fund. The fund, which is hosted on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform and is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland, will initially be distributed to investors in South Africa, and subsequently to investors in key…

Broad Reach Investment Management, a UK-based alternative investment firm, has chosen Arcesium’s modular Treasury Suite to scale its treasury operations and management functions. Arcesium’s treasury technology will add transparency and control into Broad Reach’s collateral management workflows, providing an independent, holistic view into their data. Broad Reach can further optimise their multi-asset collateral allocation through…