State Street has been appointed as service provider for Dimensional Fund Advisors’ newly approved ETF share class structure. This is the first in the U.S. under SEC’s final exemptive relief, allowing Dimensional to introduce ETF share classes within its actively-managed mutual fund lineup. State Street will provide end-to-end service support, including custody, fund accounting, ETF…
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Aztec appoints Lux co-heads
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has made several senior leadership changes in Luxembourg, Francesca Raffa, client relationship lead, and Maria von Oldenskiöld, global head of investor services, have been appointed co heads of Luxembourg, as Loïc Choquet steps down from his role after three and a half years with Aztec.
First Sentier expands with Northern Trust
First Sentier Group has expanded its relationship with Northern Trust with the transition of two U.S. mutual funds to Northern Trust’s Datum One Series Trust. Through Datum One Series Trust, Northern Trust provides custody, fund accounting, fund administration, transfer agency, legal and regulatory support, and board governance services for First Sentier Group’s U.S. mutual funds.…
Northern Trust grows in Canada
Northern Trust, which is marking 35 years of serving institutional clients in Canada, reported strong new business momentum in 2025, including more than CAD90bn (USD65.5bn) in additional AuC from Canadian asset owners.
Apex links to Aladdin
Apex has joined BlackRock’s Aladdin Provider network to support the launch of a new outsourced operating model solution tailored for private credit managers. This collaboration enables asset managers to integrate Apex Group’s servicing capabilities with their own Aladdin platform.
Suntera acquires in the UK
Suntera Global, the C.I.-based administrator, has acquired UK-based depositary services business, Marick Capital Limited. Marick Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marick Real Estate, serves a range of UK real estate and venture capital clients, holds Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) permissions to act as an operator, sub-threshold alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) and depositary of…
Flanagan joins U.S. Bank
Alan Flanagan has joined U.S. Bank as head of global investment services, the division comprised of global fund services and global corporate trust. Flanagan will be a member of the senior leadership team for U.S. Bank’s wealth, corporate, commercial and institutional banking business line and will be based in New York. Flanagan spent nearly two…
SGSS sells retail custody business
Société Générale and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the divestment of Société Générale securities services’ custody account-keeping delegation activity dedicated to the French retail banking segment. This activity covers the management of securities transactions, interest and dividend payments, and the holding of positions in ordinary securities accounts (CTOs) and equity…
Aztec supports USD4.5bn PE fund launch
Aztec has supported Hollyport Capital on the final close of Hollyport Secondary Opportunities IX, which raised USD4.5bn. Aztec delivered an integrated service across Jersey and Luxembourg, including AML onboarding across multiple jurisdictions, depositary and AIFM services, and investor transaction support. Hollyport operates in the private equity secondaries market, with nine funds raised since 2006 and…
Northern Trust appoints EMEA banking head
Northern Trust has appointed Faisal Ansari as head of banking for EMEA. He takes on this responsibility in addition to his current role as head of liquidity solutions. He continues to report to Guy Gibson, co-head of asset servicing.