Ultimus Fund Solutions, the independent provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has expanded its longstanding partnership with Westwood Holdings Group following the launch of two new actively managed ETFs. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Westwood manages multiple investment strategies tailored to institutional investors, private wealth clients, and financial intermediaries. Recently, Westwood expanded its offerings…
Year: 2024
Northern Trust hires in Singapore
Northern Trust has hired Kai Jebens as head of client development, Southeast Asia, and Chris Vera as senior digital solutions consultant, APAC, for its asset servicing business. Both are based in Singapore. Jebens previously held positions at Collibra, BNY, and FIS, inter alia. Vera previously worked at BlackRock, AIA, and BNY, amongst others.
Apex supports new JGIA PE fund
Apex Group is working with Japan Growth Investments Alliance, a private equity manager, to provide fund administration services to JGIA III Series Fund. The appointment comes after Apex supported a previous JGIA Series Fund.
Northern Trust promotes Hamilton
Northern Trust has promoted Ian Hamilton, currently head of asset owners UK, to head of asset owners for Europe, a newly created role. Hamilton joined Northern Trust in 2016 from State Street.
Zodia partners with Deribit
Zodia Custody has partnered with Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange by volume, to expand its Interchange network. Institutional clients will be able to access derivatives liquidity while their assets remain in Zodia Custody’s segregated cold wallets.
Arcesium opens in Lisbon
Arcesium, the J.P. Morgan-backed provider of investment services, has opened an office in Lisbon, Portugal.
IQ-EQ hires Swiss sales director
IQ-EQ has appointed Florent Michel as its sales director Switzerland, based in Geneva. He joins from SGSS.
SEI integrates with Canoe
SEI and Canoe Intelligence have launched an enhanced integration that automates the transmission of private equity and hedge fund valuations, as well as private equity call and distribution data, to improve operational efficiency for family offices using the SEI Archway Platform. The integration introduces a new data channel that makes it easier for SEI Archway…
State Street wins ETH ETF mandates
State Street has been appointed as a service provider by two issuers of the recently-approved ETH spot ETFs in the U.S. VanEck (ETHV) and Fidelity (FETH) have selected State Street to provide cash custody, fund accounting, transfer agency, basket services and electronic order taking.
UBS AM outsources to CBRE
CBRE has been appointed by UBS Asset Management’s U.S. real estate & private markets business to provide a range of fund administration and related services for its U.S. real estate and farmland assets. As part of the agreement, a team from UBS Asset Management has moved to CBRE. Services provided by CBRE under this agreement…