Northern Trust has expanded its long-standing relationship with the North Dakota Retirement and Investment Office (NDRIO) to include outsourced trading services, supporting the agency’s strategy to bring more of its State Investment Board’s (SIB) asset management in-house. Building on a partnership that began with custody services in 1990, NDRIO will deploy Northern Trust’s Integrated Trading…
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NTRS wins major MO mandate
Northern Trust has been appointed by Aristotle Capital Management, LLC to provide middle office outsourcing services for institutional portfolios managed by its equity affiliates. The partnership, which has already been implemented, covers portfolios representing approximately $40bn AuM. Under the mandate, Northern Trust will provide investment operations outsourcing via its middle office platform. Headquartered in Los…
BNPP moves closer to Bloomberg AIM
BNP Paribas has unveiled further integration of its multi-asset servicing capabilities with Bloomberg AIM, a buy-side order and investment management technology solution. The extended feature enables additional direct, standardised data connectivity between global fund accounting solutions and Bloomberg AIM, facilitating front-to-back data integrations for mutual buy-side clients. The solution has been deployed to several EMEA…
iA Group upgrades with CIBC Mellon
CIBC Mellon and BNY have launched what they claim is the first integrated investment operations solution in Canada, marking a significant milestone in their collaboration with iA Financial Group to further optimise its investment management technologies. The solution represents a comprehensive service model, including the first outsourced general insurance fund accounting solution in Canada. This…
Brickwood appoints NTRS
Northern Trust has been appointed by Brickwood Asset Management, a UK asset management firm launched in 2024, to provide asset servicing solutions across front, middle and back-office functions. Solutions to be provided include Northern Trust’s investment data science partnership with Equity Data Science, as well as outsourced trading via Integrated Trading Solutions and a range…
First Sentier expands with NTRS
Northern Trust has expanded its relationship with First Sentier Investors, an Australia-based asset manager with more than USD157bn AuM. Under the terms of the new mandate, Northern Trust will integrate a range of front-to-back solutions for the manager’s public market fund business in Australia, Ireland, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Services provided include custody, depositary/trustee…
Another win for State Street Alpha
Harris | Oakmark has gone live with State Street Alpha, State Street’s front-to-back asset servicing platform for institutional investment managers. Harris | Oakmark, a Chicago-based investment management firm with approximately USD104bn AuM, serves as the adviser to the Oakmark Funds, a mutual fund family. The first phase of the migration focused on transaction lifecycle management…
Australian Ethical appoints CRD
Australian Ethical Investment has selected the Charles River Investment Management Solution to automate its front and middle office processes for its entire investment portfolio. Australian Ethical will use Charles River IMS for portfolio and risk management, trading, compliance, performance measurement and attribution, IBOR, and transaction management. It will also use the State Street Alpha Data…
Challenger signs with State Street
Challenger Limited, the publicly listed Australian investment management firm, has appointed State Street to provide custody and, through State Street Alpha, back-, middle- and front office investment administration services, for a suite of listed and unlisted investment vehicles with AUD127bn (USD85bn) AuM. Challenger will be one of the largest investment managers in the region to…
Symbiotics appoints SGSS for front-to-back solution
Symbiotics Asset Management, the Swiss asset management firm, has chosen SGSS’s CrossWise platform for its middle office outsourcing solution, and Dimension, the front office portfolio management system of SGSS’s partner, SimCorp. CrossWise is an integrated and modular outsourcing solution including a front office solution, a dealing desk and middle to back office functions. Symbiotics is…