FundGuard, the cloud-native, AI-powered, multi-asset class investment accounting platform for asset managers, asset owners, custodians and fund administrators, has closed its Series C funding round, amounting to USD100m. This latest round of investment – led by Key1 Capital and new investors including Euclidean Capital and funds managed by Hamilton Lane – also had participation from…
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CRD wins f/o mandate in Australia
Charles River Development, a State Street company, has been appointed by Perpetual Group to manage front office operations for its Australian asset management business. Perpetual’s Australian asset management business will adopt Charles River IMS to manage its domestic and global portfolios, order and execution, compliance, post trade processing and front office data. Perpetual completed the…
State Street wins Brazilian mandate
State Street has been selected to provide fund accounting, fund administration and investor servicing for AZ Quest, an asset manager based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. State Street will provide these services to the AZ Quest Fund SPC and its segregated portfolios.
SSBI extends and expands with SimCorp
State Street Bank International GmbH (SSBI) has agreed to expand and extend its partnership with SimCorp in Germany. Under the agreement, SimCorp will supply key technology components to SSBI for its accounting servicing, fund administration and data processing services that are provided predominantly to asset managers in Germany (KVG clients), including platform enhancements for corporate…
State Street wins LGPS PA mandate
LGPS Central, which manages GBP56bn (USD71bn) on behalf of eight UK local government pension schemes, has appointed State Street as provider of fund administration services for its private markets investments. State Street will initially support 13 funds managed by a combination of LGPS Central and its third-party managers with fund administration, registration services, investor services…
Vistra hires global head of funds
Vistra, the Singapore-based fund services provider, has appointed Abdel Hmitti as managing director and global head of funds. He reports to William Douglas, Vistra’s chief commercial officer, and intends to relocate to the U.S. later this year. Hmitti will lead Vistra’s funds business, overseeing the teams responsible for commercial, relationship management, product development, and digital…
Jacobs rejoins State Street
Martin Jacobs has returned to State Street as client solutions lead for its State Street Alpha front-to-back solution. Jacobs previously spent nearly seven years at Citi, where he was most recently global product head of data strategy & architecture. He is based in London.
State Street upgrades ETF portal
State Street has upgraded APIs for its Fund Connect ETF portal and now offers coverage to all clients globally, including Europe and the APAC region. Fund Connect ETF APIs have previously been available in the U.S. and Canada and account for nearly half of North American order volumes. Fund Connect ETF is an online portal…
Saltgate hires NED
Saltgate, the C.I.-based alternatives administrator with USD100bn AuA, has appointed Julia Chapman as a non-executive director. Based in Jersey, she is a solicitor qualified in England and Wales and in Jersey.
BlackRock appoints BNY Mellon
After a multi-year evaluation and selection process, BlackRock has appointed BNY Mellon to work alongside State Street as a service provider for its Irish-domiciled ETFs. BNY Mellon is expected to assume responsibility for about half of BlackRock’s iShares ETFs, totalling some USD356bn, providing depositary, fund administration and fund accounting services. State Street will remain registrar…