BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin, an independent provider of private markets data, for GBP2.55bn (USD3.2bn) in cash. The combination of Preqin with eFront, Aladdin’s private markets solution, brings together the data, research, and investment process for fund managers and investors across fundraising, deal sourcing, portfolio management, accounting, and performance. Preqin will also continue to…
Year: 2024
NTAM outsources to Waystone
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has outsourced its ETF business to Waystone ETFs. The single ETF, NTAM’s USD287.4m FlexShares Listed Private Equity UCITS, will now be hosted on Waystone ETF’s ICAV platform. NTAM will continue as the investment manager for the ETF. Northern Trust’s asset servicing unit will continue to act as custodian and administrator.
Beighton joins Waystone
Wayne Beighton has joined Waystone as a managing director, based in the UK. He was previously at HSBC, and has also worked at Northern Trust and State Street.
IQ-EQ hires Belgium head
IQ-EQ has appointed Philippe Hijazin as managing director for Belgium. Prior to joining IQ-EQ, he was a director for Deloitte Consulting.
JTC acquires in UK
JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has announced the acquisition of Hanway Advisory Limited, an independent professional services firm. Hanway provides a full range of outsourced corporate governance and administrative services to UK-listed investment companies. Hanway is JTC’s second UK fund services M&A deal in 2024, following the acquisition of Blackheath Capital Management LLP, a London-based asset…
State Street wins further ETF mandates for Capital
Capital Group has launched seven new equity and fixed income ETFs that seek to complement and expand its existing suite of active ETFs, bringing the current total to 21 ETFs. State Street, which is an existing ETF service provider for Capital, has been appointed as administrator and transfer agent for the new funds.
Goldman Sachs supports AI ETF launch
Goldman Sachs has won the first fund launched by a client in EMEA through the Goldman Sachs ETF Accelerator platform with the listing of a new AI-driven equity ETF on the German market. The AI-Enhanced Eurozone Equities UCITS ETF is aimed at institutional and semi-institutional investors, as well as private investors. Ultramarin GmBH, a tech…
Speridakos retires
Irene Speridakos has announced her retirement. Most recently, she was global head of investments managers at BNY, after spending more than eight years at State Street.
Baird selects Confluence analytics solution
Baird, the employee-owned, international wealth management, asset management, investment banking/capital markets and private equity firm, has selected PARis, the portfolio analytics solution from Confluence. PARis will enable Baird to service its institutional clients with data aggregation efficiencies, analytics, and flexible reporting capabilities to support different institutional client types on a single platform. With PARis, data…
BBH expands data solutions team
BBH has added to its Infomediary Data Solutions sales and relationship teams in the U.S. and Europe. The growth of the team follows BBH’s recent launch of an expanded suite of data solutions aimed at streamlining the operating models of asset managers, asset owners, and financial institutions. Laura Ghaemian joins as a senior sales manager…