DDH Graham Limited, an Australian fund management and administration solutions provider for super funds, has chosen SS&C’s Bluedoor SaaS platform to administer its funds. As part of the solution, AMG Super, an advisor-led superannuation fund that is part of the DDH Group, will leverage Bluedoor’s advisor portal to enhance self-service capabilities and improve the advisor…
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EFA wins mandate for new AMDG PE fund
EFA, the independent Luxembourg-based administrator, has been appointed by AMDG Private Equity for administration and accounting for its new FPCI Croissance PME 1. The fund will invest in small, medium and mid-sized unlisted growth companies, primarily in France.
State Street hires senior managers for Australia & SE Asia
State Street has appointed Tim Helyar as head of Australia and Kevin Hardy as head of Singapore and Southeast Asia. Both report to Mostapha Tahiri, chief executive officer for Asia Pacific. Helyar joins after almost two decades at J.P. Morgan Investor Services where he was most recently head of fund services product development for Asia…
Fidelity mandates SGSS for securities lending
Société Générale Securities Services in France has been mandated by Fidelity International to provide securities lending services. The asset management company, FIL Gestion – Fidelity International, has been a client since 2011. Fidelity International is an independent company providing investment solutions and services, as well as retirement-related expertise, to more than 2.5 million clients worldwide.…
Greencoat taps Langham Hall for U.S. energy funds
Greencoat Capital LLP, a UK-based infrastructure manager dedicated to the renewable energy sector, has launched its U.S. operations as it opens offices in New York and Chicago. Greencoat aims to invest USD5bn in the U.S. over the next 5 years, in addition to the USD500m already invested in wind farm portfolios in Texas and Illinois.…
JTC to acquire perFORM
JTC, the C.I.-based provider of fund and corporate services, is to acquire perfORM Due Diligence Services (perfORM), a UK-based provider of due diligence services to a diverse base of UK and international asset allocators and investment managers. Launched in 2019, perfORM was set up as an operational due diligence (ODD) business to provide solutions to…
State Street records first P2P repo trade
State Street has closed the first transaction within its peer-to-peer repo program following its launch earlier this year. The trade was executed between a large asset owner and a non-traditional investment manager. The program seeks to facilitate overnight and term repo trading between buy-side counterparties, including traditional and non-traditional asset managers, asset owners, insurers, corporates,…
MNK PARTNERS chooses EFA for new RE fund
EFA has been chosen by MNK PARTNERS. a European real estate investor, for administration and accounting services for its new real estate fund, FPS Polska by MNK. The fund will initially invest directly or indirectly in assets in Poland.
HSBC hires Matt Bowen to head Americas securities financing
HSBC has hired Matt Bowen as head of securities financing, Americas. He is based in New York and reports to Loic Lebrun, global head of prime finance, and Jean-Michel Meyer, global head of repo. He joins from BNP Paribas where he was head of US prime finance platforms. HSBC’s securities financing business includes prime finance,…
CACEIS implements Cardabel for MO
CACEIS has implemented Cardabel‘s machine learning technology for its middle office. Cardabel is a French fintech company specialising in financial data analytics.