The Asset Management Exchange (Ireland) Limited has launched a tax transparent common contractual fund for Storebrand Asset Management, the Nordic manager which has NOK1,058bn (USD120bn) AuM in both private and public markets. AMX provides the fund structure, the management company and the operational set-up, and facilitates the tax reclaim process. This enables UK pension funds…
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J.P. Morgan appoints Clearstream in Australia
Clearstream Australia Ltd has been appointed by J.P. Morgan as its sub-custodian for unlisted managed funds and hedge funds in Australia and New Zealand. After J.P. Morgan withdrew from the sub-custody business in Australia and New Zealand in 2020, Clearstream appointed BNP Paribas as its local provider. Clearstream entered the Australian market in 2019 after…
Citi strikes deal with Taskize
Citi and Taskize, a Euroclear company, have struck an agreement through which Citi’s custody clients can leverage Taskize’s query management platform to directly connect to their Citi operations counterparts. This collaboration brings together Taskize’s structured workflow capabilities and Citi’s proprietary custody network to create a network effect between Citi, its counterparts and various market infrastructures…
Northern Trust supports Castelnau
Northern Trust and Carey Olsen, the specialist offshore law firm, have supported Castelnau Group Limited with its IPO on the London Stock Exchange. The Guernsey-domiciled investment company, managed by Phoenix Asset Management, was recently launched on the LSE following a GBP178m (USD245m) IPO. Castelnau is focused on investing in both public and private companies with…
State Street partners with Cassini to enhance optimisation
State Street has added pre-and post-trade optimisation and margin analytics capabilities to its Collateral+ service. In partnership with Cassini Systems, a provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, Collateral+ now offers an integrated, modular approach to optimisation, which addresses collateral efficiency from multiple angles. It Through Cassini’s technology, Collateral+…
BP2S supports First Plus for VCC funds
BNP Paribas Securities Services has been selected by First Plus Asset Management to provide fund administration services for funds using Singapore’s variable capital company (VCC) structure. As part of the mandate, BP2S will provide First Plus with global custody, hedge fund administration and investor services for its Asia Opportunity Fund and Asia Special Situation Fund…
State Street partners with RIMES
State Street has struck a deal with RIMES, the U.S.-based data partner for asset managers, asset owners, and service providers, to enhance State Street Alpha, its front-to-back solution. Through this partnership, State Street Alpha clients will benefit from RIMES’ expertise and experience with the global index provider marketplace, leveraging its operational capabilities and infrastructure. This…
Northern Trust partners with Snowflake
Northern Trust and Equity Data Science (EDS), in which Northern Trust has a strategic stake, have collaborated with Snowflake, the data cloud company, to enhance secure data sharing and onboarding for asset servicing clients using Northern’s Investment Data Science capabilities. Leveraging Snowflake’s data-sharing and cloud technology, Northern Trust and EDS can provide a better, faster…
Fred Perard joins SuisseTechPartners
Frédéric (Fred) Perard has joined SuisseTechPartners as head of Europe. STP is a fintech company providing front-, middle- and back-office solutions with a portfolio management system called PMplus. Perard left BNP Paribas Securities Services in 2020, where he was most recently head of Luxembourg and the international financial centres. He will remain in Luxembourg.
BNY Mellon adds senior talent to global tax team
Liam Stanbridge has joined BNY Mellon as head of global tax. In this role, Stanbridge will focus on leading client servicing tax solutions for institutional clients and leading the transformation and digitisation of the bank’s tax services offering. He will partner closely with BNY Mellon’s new head of tax product development, Stuart Winny, who has…