State Street has been appointed by M&G Corporate Services Limited, part of M&G plc, the UK-based asset manager with >GBP367bn (>USD500bn) AuM, to provide outsourced middle office services. The agreement builds on a 10-year strategic partnership with M&G that will see State Street extend its current fund accounting and custody services for the wholesale fund…
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BNY Mellon tapped to provide admin services for new bitcoin ETF
BNY Mellon has been named in the initial registration statement as a service provider for the First Trust SkyBridge Bitcoin ETF Trust, a newly created bitcoin ETF that is currently pending approval by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. After completion of definitive service provider agreements and the SEC’s final approval of the ETF, BNY…
HSBC facilitates launch of two new China-Japan ETFs for Daiwa AM
HSBC has facilitated the listing of two new cross-border ETFs under the China-Japan ETF Connectivity scheme. This allows international investors to indirectly invest in Chinese assets through feeder ETFs listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. HSBC provided onshore QFII custody services to enable Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd to set up two new ETFs under…
Langham Hall supports Ardent’s new USD530m UK RE fund
The Ardent Companies LLC, an Atlanta-based real estate investment and asset management firm, has launched a USD530m UK real estate investment business, The Ardent Companies UK Ltd. Langham Hall, the UK-based administrator, has supported Ardent with its debut acquisition of a portfolio of 12 industrial sites with a total 67 units of real estate across…
Provinzial mandates BNP Paribas and Helaba Invest
Provinzial Asset Management, the Germany-headquartered asset manager with AuM EUR50bn, has mandated BNP Paribas Securities Services and Helaba Invest as asset servicing providers. Following the recent merger between Provinzial Asset Management and the Provinzial Rhineland, Provinzial Asset Management now manages all the assets of the newly formed Provinzial Group. Provinzial Asset Management selected two long-standing…
Reichmuth appoints AssetMetrix for digital reporting
Reichmuth & Co Investment Management AG, a subsidiary of the Swiss owner-managed private banking group Reichmuth & Co, has appointed AssetMetrix, the Germany-based specialist asset servicer, as a partner for the digitalisation of its infrastructure activities. Services include tools for performance, risk management, benchmarking as well as cash flow and performance forecasts. In addition, clients…
JTC to service Resolute’s two new Guernsey funds
JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has been appointed by Resolute Capital Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, to administer its two new Guernsey-domiciled international feeder funds. JTC Americas (formerly NES Financial) has been administering Resolute Capital’s private equity funds since 2018.
Lemanik to act as AIFM for new 3B health fund in Luxembourg
3B FUTURE HEALTH GP S.a.r.l., a Luxembourg-based GP, has launched the 3B Future Health Fund II, focused on early-stage investment opportunities in areas of high unmet patient needs. The fund is structured as a Luxembourg RAIF with Lemanik as the independent third party AIFM.
NES to service new OZ fund in Puerto Rico
NES Financial, the Silicon Valley-based administrator owned by JTC, has been contracted to provide its Opportunity Zone fund administration solution to Puerto Rico Opportunity Zone Fund, LP, an Opportunity Zone fund managed by Monllor Capital Partners LLC, a minority-owned alternative asset manager and fund sponsor with operations in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
BondEvalue appoints Citi as bond custodian
Citi has been selected by BondEvalue Pte Ltd to act as a custodian for the underlying bonds traded on BondbloX, its digital exchange for fractionalized assets. Under the agreement, Citi will provide asset safekeeping and servicing solutions. BondEvalue, a Singaporean fintech company founded in 2016, launched the world’s first fractional bond exchange in 2020 after…