State Street has struck a partnership with The Spaulding Group, a provider of investment performance measurement services, to launch its Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) asset owner solution. The combination of State Street’s core performance services and operational support with The Spaulding Group’s educational, consulting, and verification capabilities aims to provide asset owners with the…
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Ocorian hires new head of global funds
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has hired Garrett Breen as head of global funds. Based in Dublin, he reports to Mike Hughes, Ocorian’s global head of service lines and business development. He joins from J. P. Morgan, where he led the hedge fund services business.
Apex to administer US Gold Opportunity Fund
Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration and accounting services to the US Gold Opportunity Fund LP, a qualified opportunity fund that offers investors “a simple, tax efficient, cost effective, liquid approach to investing in gold bullion”. USGO is structured as a qualified opportunity fund to provide its investors with the potential tax benefits…
Ultimus hires senior ETF specialist
Ultimus Fund Solutions, an independent provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has hired Michael Prendergast as SVP, ETF senior product specialist. Prendergast has previously worked at State Street and J.P. Morgan in senior ETF-related roles. Ultimus reports that, since the beginning of 2020, it has doubled the number of ETFs it services.
IQ-EQ appoints new CEO for Asia
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Michael Marquardt as regional CEO for Asia. He was previously COO of Zerobridge Partners.
SS&C launches ESG platform
SS&C has launched its ESG reporting solutions platform, which will support compliance with the EU’s SFDR and deliver greater insights and transparency into ESG portfolio risks. SS&C has partnered with Sustainalytics to create investor transparency, carbon risk and sensitive sector exposure disclosure reports. The platform scans managers’ underlying data against Sustainalytics’ ESG dataset based on…
Mainstream selects Harmonate for PC data management
Mainstream Fund Services, the Australian administrator that is in the process of being acquired by Apex, has selected Harmonate to provide private capital data operations. Texas-based Harmonate will support the automation of document and data processing and intelligence.
Equity Trustees appointed as RE for new ‘deep green’ fund
Equity Trustees has been appointed as a responsible entity (trustee) for Haven Wealth Partners, which has launched its first fund in the Australian market with a focus on ‘deep green’ ethical investing. The Haven Wealth Partners Ethical Absolute Return Fund is a value-focused ethical absolute return fund, which applies stringent positive and negative screens to…
You Might Think – State Street & BBH are more compatible than you might think.
Well, that didn’t age well. Barely a month after I argued that BBH’s investor services business should remain independent, it goes and does a USD3.5bn deal with State Street. Whilst the counterparties might hope that I would entitle this article “Stairway to Heaven”, it’s probably fairer to call it “You Might Think”, and here’s why.…
Apex to service Masdar Green REIT
Apex has been appointed as fund administrator of the Masdar Green REIT, the first REIT in the Middle East region to invest solely in sustainable real estate assets. The fund is managed by Masdar Capital Management Limited, a manager incorporated in the Abu Dhabi Global Market. The REIT’s portfolio is currently comprised of four commercial…