Northern Trust has been appointed by Harding Loevner to provide ETF servicing solutions for its first U.S. ETF, the International Developed Markets Select Equity ETF. This is believed to be Northern Trust’s first ETF servicing mandate in the U.S., covering custody, fund accounting, fund administration and transfer agency, alongside ETF-specific services such as basket creation,…
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State Street to acquire in LatAm
State Street has signed an initial agreement to acquire the Santander CACEIS Latam Securities Services joint venture in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The joint venture is owned by the Santander Group and CACEIS, with AuC of c. USD470bn and AuA of c. USD225bn.
Dawson appoints Northern Trust
Northern Trust has been appointed by Dawson Partners to provide fund administration and other related services. Dawson Partners is an alternative asset manager focused on private markets. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in London, New York and Hong Kong, the firm manages >USD27bn.
Langham Hall supports USD6.4bn fund launch
Langham Hall, the UK-based administrator, has supported Clipway on the final close of its secondaries fund, Clipway Secondary Fund I, at USD6.4bn. The fund focuses on diversified LP-led secondary transactions in North American and Western European buyout funds. Langham Hall has provided fund administration, AIFM and depositary services from its Luxembourg office, supporting Clipway from…
Aztec supports new defence fund
Aztec has supported Lakestar, a European venture capital investment adviser, on the closing of its USD300m Resilience I Fund, a Guernsey-regulated defence-related fund.
BBH hires head of digital asset strategy
Parth Gargava has joined BBH as head of digital asset strategy for its investor services business, based in Boston. He joins from Fidelity Investments, as well as teaching engineering of advanced crypto systems at Northeastern University.
Aztec supports new solar fund
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has supported NextEnergy Capital, a UK-based renewables investment manager, with the final close – at USD974m – of NextPower V SCSp, a Luxembourg-domiciled fund focused on solar infrastructure. Aztec provided administration, accounting and transfer agency services to the fund from its Luxembourg office. Aztec’s relationship with NextEnergy Capital dates back…
BBH hires head of product transformation
Abram Sirignano has joined BBH as head of product transformation for its investor services business, He joins from Prophet, a consultancy. Based in New York, he will report to Chris Remondi, partner and head of product for the investor services business.
Lardner steps down
Pat Lardner is to step down as chief executive of Irish Funds, the Irish trade association for the funds industry. Lardner has been chief executive since 2012 and has overseen the growth of Ireland’s share of the European fund market from 13pct to >22pct.
Sheller joins Alter Domus
Alter Domus has appointed Jason Sheller as head of commercial, North America. He will lead the business development and relationship management teams across North America. His career includes positions at CBRE, where he spent seven years, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank and, most recently, just three months at Juniper Square.