Category: Mandates

Fair Oaks Capital, a UK-based corporate credit manager, has received approval from CSSF, the Luxembourg regulator, to launch what is believed to be the first European-domiciled, Euro-denominated CLO ETF. Fair Oaks plans to list the ETF on Deutsche Börse Xetra and the London Stock Exchange shortly. Waystone has been appointed as the ManCo.

Intesa Sanpaolo Wealth Management, the newly established Luxembourg wealth management branch of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, has appointed Universal Investment Group as ManCo for its UCITS SICAV portfolio in Luxembourg. UI efa will act as central administrator, and the Spuerkeess, a Luxembourg-based savings bank, as the custodian. The SICAV portfolio has been migrated to the…

Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset services provider, is to provide custody for BlackRock’s BUIDL Token. The BUIDL Token – BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund – is a tokenised fund created by BlackRock. Operating on the Ethereum blockchain, BUIDL offers institutional investors exposure to U.S. dollar yields through tokenisation. By tokenising a U.S. dollar fund,…

Northern Trust has been selected to provide outsourced trading via its Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) for Nedgroup Investments, a global asset management firm with >USD20bn AuM. Nedgroup Investments is a division of Nedbank Group Ltd. Northern Trust will support Nedgroup Investments’ new in-house multi-boutique platform which specialises in fixed income. The premier fund on the…

Gemini, the digital asset service provider, has been appointed as the custodian for Path Crypto’s Managed Portfolios, a robo-advisor investment platform that offers tailored digital investment strategies for retail and institutional investors. Path Crypto, a registered SEC investment advisor, recently launched the Managed Portfolios program in the U.S. and has plans to expand internationally later…

Citi has been appointed by the Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporate (TDCC) to provide global custody services. The selection comes as TDCC implements a new centralised custody platform to improve asset safety for local investors holding overseas investments via local brokers.