State Street has expanded its servicing agreement with Protective Life Corporation, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc., and will now provide the insurer with outsourced accounting services for a significant portion of its separate account life and annuity business. Protective provides financial services through the production, distribution and administration of insurance…
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State Street to support new active ETFs for Natixis
State Street has been appointed to provide a range of ETF servicing solutions for three active ETFs for Natixis Investment Managers. Natixis is leveraging the NYSE Proxy semi-transparent model. State Street will provide basket creation, NAV dissemination, settlement, custody, financial reporting, fund accounting, order-taking, performance and investment analytics, and transfer agency services. Nick Elward, head…
Aztec appointed to administer Deutsche Private Equity’s latest fund
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, been appointed to administer Deutsche Private Equity’s EUR1bn Fund IV. Aztec will provide administration, reporting and investor services to the fund from its offices in Jersey, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Aztec also administers DPE’s Fund II and Fund III Established in 2007 and with >EUR2bn AuM, DPE is an independent…
HSBC to administer first ETF launched under Singapore’s VCC structure
HSBC has been appointed as the custodian and fund administrator for CSOP INVESTMENTS VCC – ICBC CSOP FTSE Chinese Government Bond Index ETF. This is the first ETF launched under the authorised Variable Capital Company (VCC) structure in Singapore. CSOP will officially launch the ETF this month.
CACEIS takes over fund accounting for KGAL in Germany
CACEIS Fonds Service GmbH has taken over fund accounting for 16 closed-end special funds for KGAL Group. The funds’ assets are EUR3.6bn. Both parties have completed the transfer of the associated team from KGAL, based in Gruenwald near Munich, to CACEIS. CACEIS provides bookkeeping, including the calculation of NAVs, financial balancing, regulatory reporting, and production…
SS&C to provide TA for Conbrio Fund Partners
Conbrio Fund Partners has selected SS&C to provide transfer agency for its GBP1.5bn fund range. Conbrio, formerly known as Castlefield Fund Partners, is the Authorized Corporate Director (ACD) for the CFP Sanford DeLand and the CFP Castlefield fund ranges. SS&C will be providing full-service support to Conbrio’s clients, including distributor and institutional client services.
Mainstream launches PE services in AsPac with KDB as first client
Mainstream Fund Services, an Australian administrator, has launched its private equity solution in Asia-Pacific. Mainstream has signed Korea Development Bank Asia Limited as its first client in the region, administering KDBA’s Cayman fund in Hong Kong.
RBC to service Presima’s real estate yield fund
RBC Investor Services has been appointed to provide custody and administration services for the Presima Yield Fund. Headquartered in Montreal, Presima focuses on real estate securities, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MLC Asset Management.
Bardin Hill IM takes SS&C’s Eze OMS for FI portfolio
Bardin Hill Investment Partners, a credit-focused investment management firm with >USD8.5bn AuM, has chosen SS&C’s Eze OMS for its fixed income portfolio. The firm has also implemented the latest version of SS&C Geneva for fund accounting. Eze OMS now supports Bardin Hill’s operations across equities, performing credit, opportunistic credit, litigation finance, UCITS, 40 Act and…
France’s Sunny AM takes SGSS’s CrossWise solution
Sunny AM, a French asset management firm, has chosen SGSS’s CrossWise front-to-back service for its middle office and for the provision of the front office portfolio management system SimCorp Dimension. SGSS is already the custodian, trustee and fund administrator of all Sunny AM funds.