HSBC and Mount Street Group have entered into a 10-year strategic agreement with Aviva Investors for asset servicing arrangements for its real assets business, covering GBP50bn (USD60bn) AuM. The mandate will see HSBC and Mount Street assume all fund administration and debt servicing functions on behalf of Aviva Investors’ real assets strategies. The mandate follows…
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Inversis to acquire stake in Adepa
Inversis, a 100ct subsidiary of Spain’s Banca March specialising in global solutions for financial asset distribution, has agreed to acquire 40pct of Adepa, a Luxembourg-based group providing management and administration services for investment vehicles (UCITS and alternative funds, including real estate and venture capital), which has operations in Luxembourg, Spain, Italy and Chile. The agreement…
Northern Trust wins Kuwait mandate
Northern Trust has been appointed by Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) to provide a range of asset servicing solutions covering global custody, financial reporting, securities finance, private equity administration, performance measurement and compliance monitoring. AFESD, based in Kuwait, is a regional financial institution focused on funding economic and social development by financing…
Ocorian granted three new licences in Ireland
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administrator, has been granted three new licences by the Central Bank of Ireland. The firm, which has offered corporate and capital market services in Ireland for 15 years, now has licences covering AIFM, fund administration and real asset depositary services.
Sudrania rebrands
Sudrania Fund Services, the U.S.-based administrator, has rebranded as Formidium.
Intertrust hires head of AIFM in Lux
Johannes Höring has joined Intertrust, the Netherlands-based administrator, as head of AIFM in Luxembourg He has worked in Luxembourg, Germany, UK and Ireland in various senior positions, including conducting officer, managing director and manager of fund management companies and authorised AIFMs.
Apex to acquire Darwin
Apex plans to acquire Darwin Depositary Services, a Netherlands-based provider of depositary services for alternative investment funds. Darwin will add EUR4.5bn (USD4.7bn) of assets, expanding the geographic scope of Apex’s independent depositary services, currently delivered through subsidiary European Depositary Bank in Luxembourg, Ireland, UK and Malta. Darwin’s management team will join Apex following completion of…
Foord appoints Equity Trustees as RE for new fund
Equity Trustees, the Australia-based provider, has been appointed as local Responsible Entity (trustee) by Foord Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Limited. The new Foord Global Equity Australian Feeder Fund invests exclusively in the Foord SICAV, Foord Global Equity Fund (Luxembourg).
SDX partners with Fireblocks
SDX Web3 Services, SIX Digital Exchange’s Web3 unit, has formed a partnership with Fireblocks, the digital asset and crypto technology platform, to provide financial institutions and institutional investors with a set of infrastructure services for the distributed economy. Initially, this partnership will focus on delivering an institutional custody solution for digital assets, providing a transition…
GemCap hires for compliance
GemCap, the Ireland-based ManCo, has appointed Emily Gallagher as compliance associate, working alongside Brian Ormonde Murphy, head of compliance. She joins from Accenture.