RBS International has appointed Amelia Phillips as its new head of alternatives client management & sales in Luxembourg. Prior to RBC, she spent five years at BNY Mellon, where she was responsible for servicing the bank’s depositary clients.
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U.S. Marshals switch to Anchorage for crypto asset custody
In what appears to be change of heart, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), a part of the Department of Justice, is using Anchorage Digital for the custody of seized digital assets. Anchorage Digital said that it will also provide “accounting, customer management, audit compliance, managing blockchain forks, wallet creation, transformation of token assets into coin…
Sanne to acquire PraxisIFM
Sanne, the UK-listed administrator, plans to acquire the PraxisIFM funds business. The transaction will add over 80 employees and >GBP25bn (USD35bn) AuA with offices in Guernsey, Jersey, London, Luxembourg and Malta. In 2020 PraxisIFM and Oak, both based in Guernsey, abandoned a planned merger.
CACEIS to service first SIS in Italy
CACEIS has been selected by Fondazione Golinelli, Fondazione di Sardegna and Antonio Falcone as custodian and fund administrator for the Utopia project, the first simple investment company (SIS) to commence activity in Italy.
Hill Country appoints Arcesium/J.P. Morgan
Hill Country Asset Management, a U.S.-based alternatives manager, has appointed Arcesium LLC, a financial technology and professional services firm, to deploy Arcesium’s joint offering with J.P. Morgan’s Securities Services. Arcesium will provide technology and services for enterprise data management, internal books and records, reconciliation, and treasury workflows, and J.P. Morgan will act as Hill Country’s…
GSAM appoints Enfusion for AIMS business
Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s alternative investments & manager selection business (AIMS), has appointed Enfusion, a U.S.-based fintech focused on the investment management sector, to provide investment management technology solutions and middle- and back-office managed services. Enfusion created a customised solution via API so that AIMS can import data into the Enfusion platform in real-time, providing…
CIBC Mellon to support first JSPP in Ontario
CIBC Mellon has been selected to provide asset servicing, investment operations and plan member services for the University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP), including custody, institutional accounting, performance and analytics, risk, compliance and pension benefit payment services. UPP is a jointly sponsored pension plan (JSPP) designed to help bring enhanced retirement security to current and future…
Integral appoints Apex for new PE fund
Integral Group, a Japanese private equity manager, has appointed Apex to provide fund administration and regulatory services to its Fund IV Cayman LP, which held its final closing at its hard cap of JPY123.8bn (USD1.1bn).
CHANGING LANES – Custody banks are still big players in the M&A space – it’s just their focus that has changed.
Who remembers when The Bank of New York bought a 4.9pct stake in what was then KAS-Associate in 2001? At a time when BNY was buying almost indiscriminately, it looked as if KAS would be yet another deal. But it didn’t turn out that way, and KAS had to wait until 2019 to be rescued…
MJ Hudson to acquire SCFS in Guernsey
MJ Hudson, the UK-based asset management consultancy, has agreed to acquire Guernsey-based Saffery Champness Fund Services Limited (SCFS) from accountancy group Saffery Champness, subject to Guernsey FSC approval. SCFS has c. GBP400m AuA. Earlier this year MJ Hudson acquired Ireland-based Bridge Group, a super ManCo.