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…

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 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.…

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 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…

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…