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Liontrust Asset Management Plc, the UK-based fund management company, has extended its relationship with SS&C following its recent acquisition of Majedie Asset Management Limited. Liontrust will now use Eze Investment Suite to help manage the majority of its GBP38.5bn USD48.2bn) in assets under management and advice (AuMA). Liontrust has been using Eze Investment Suite’s order…

Deutsche Bank’s New York agency securities lending team has transacted its first two ESG off balance sheet investments. The trades, which amounted to USD550m, were transacted on behalf of two of the bank’s U.S. based state pension fund clients which aimed to demonstrate their commitment to tackling climate change, ensuring gender diversity, better working conditions…

JTC, the professional services provider, has appointed Elize Botha as managing director – South Africa. She will be responsible for overseeing JTC’s Cape Town office which employs over 180 people, providing a range of services to institutional clients in the global asset management industry. The office was established in 2007 and became part of the…

Tilney Smith & Williamson, a UK-based wealth management and professional services provider, has appointed Neil Coxhead as chief executive of its host ACD and fund administration business. Coxhead has over 30 years’ experience in the UK funds industry and joins from asset management servicing group Waystone.

Dave Scanlan has joined J.P. Morgan as executive managing director, fund services EMEA operations, based in Dublin. Scanlan joins from RBC Investor & Treasury Services, where he spent more than eight years, most recently as global head of specialist product services. His move follows the recent departure of Padraig Kenny, formerly the head of RBC’s…

Chrys Wickremeratne has joined HSBC as head of fund services operations for Australia & New Zealand. He previously spent nearly eight years at BNP Paribas Securities Services. His appointment follows the recent hiring of Sinclair Scholfield from State Street as head of sales and client management for its securities services business in Australia and New…

ZEDRA, the Switzerland-headquartered fund and corporate solutions provider, has signed a sales and purchase agreement to acquire Atlas Fund Services, a privately held fund administrator. The deal is subject to regulatory approval by the Centrale Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Founded in 2006, Atlas Fund Services provides alternative investment fund services to U.S.-based investment…

JTC Americas, a subsidiary of the C.I.-based JTC group, has launched a virtual Chief Sustainability Officer (vCSO) platform to help fund managers, corporations and family offices meet their ESG regulatory and reporting obligations. vCSO is comprised of three core elements: ESG Strategy: develops, defines and documents customised ESG strategies built around industry best practices and…