Harbor Capital Advisors, the U.S.-based ETF manager with USD45bn AuM, has selected SS&C‘s front-to-back investment management platform for the recently launched Harbor Multi-Asset Explorer ETF. Harbor Capital already uses Eze OMS for trading and has upgraded to a front-to-back solution with the addition of SS&C Geneva for fund accounting and daily operational support for certain…
Category: ETF
Citi supports DFA ETF launch in Oz
Citi has launched its service in Australia to support dual-access, fully transparent ETFs. It has recently supported the launch of three dual-access ETFs on the ASX by Dimensional Fund Advisors, a U.S. manager that has been a Citi client since 2012.
CastleArk selects SEI’s ETF platform
CastleArk Management, a USD3bn Chicago-based investment manager, has selected SEI’s Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund as its operational platform to launch the CastleArk Large Growth ETF, its first active ETF.
HSBC wins CSOP ETF mandate
HSBC has been appointed by CSOP Asset Management, the Chinese asset manager, as service provider for the CSOP Saudi Arabia ETF, Asia’s first ETF tracking the performance of Saudi Arabian equities.
Paret joins ULTUMUS
Guillaume Paret has joined ULTUMUS, the provider of ETF and Index data services that is owned by SIX, as senior business development manager. He was previously at MSCI.
GMO launches first ETF
GMO, a U.S.-based investment manager, today launched its first exchange-traded fund, the GMO U.S. Quality ETF (NYSE: QLTY). QLTY was launched in partnership with the new Goldman Sachs ETF Accelerator, a digital platform that enables Goldman Sachs’ clients to quickly and efficiently launch, list, and manage ETFs. State Street has been appointed as administrator.
ULTUMUS onboards VanEck
COSMOS, the create/redeem platform from ETF fintech and data provider, ULTUMUS, has onboarded VanEck, the U.S.-based ETF provider. VanEck is adopting the ULTUMUS COSMOS platform for managing create/redeem orders for its crypto products.
HSBC launches ETF platform
HSBC has launched ETF Platform Solutions, its new end-to-end platform providing asset servicing solutions to ETF issuers globally. Under a single offering, ETF issuers will have access to HSBC’s markets & securities services capabilities, such as: ETF order management, PCF production, and custom ETF NAV attribution analysis; AP services including ETF seeding and HSBC’s ETF…
Ultimus supports launch of Beacon ETFs
Ultimus Fund Solutions, a U.S.-based provider of fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has supported Beacon Capital Management in the launch of its first series of ETFs. Beacon, an investment advisory firm managing c. USD5.1bn and specialising in delivering separately managed account (SMA) strategies to the independent RIA, broker-dealer, and regional bank channels, sought diversification…
State Street launches ETF portal in Australia
State Street has launched its Fund Connect ETF Portal in Australia. The portal offers online access for the creation and redemption of ETFs. This follows the 2022 launch of the platform in Singapore. Fund Connect ETF acts as a conduit between APs and issuers globally. It provides a single point of access to approximately 1,100…