Goldman Sachs has appointed BNP Paribas to provide custody and settlement services for its assets in Austria. Goldman Sachs is the largest trading member on the Vienna Stock Exchange by market share. The new mandate complements the existing relationship between BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs, which already includes custody, cash and securities settlement services in…
Category: Mandates
Leith Wheeler adds to CIBCM mandate
CIBC Mellon has been selected to provide fund services for Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd, which manages CAD23bn (USD17bn). This mandate builds on CIBC Mellon’s 25-year asset servicing and custody relationship with Leith Wheeler.
BNPP wins German growth fund mandate
BNP Paribas has been appointed to provide depositary and global custody services for the newly launched Growth Fund Germany, a development of the Future Fund (Investment Fund for Future Technologies) from the German government and KfW Capital. With a final closing amount of c. EUR1bn (USD1bn), the growth fund aims to enhance financing opportunities for…
Mackenzie expands CIBCM mandate
CIBC Mellon has been appointed to provide Mackenzie Investments (Mackenzie), part of the IGM Financial Inc. (IGM) family of companies, with enhanced asset management capabilities through OnCore, the middle office platform offered by BNY Mellon. OnCore will be integrated with Mackenzie’s existing business applications and will have the capacity to enable enterprise growth. As part…
SmartStop selects SS&C for TA
SmartStop Self Storage REIT, a self-storage company, has selected SS&C to provide transfer agency services for all of its sponsored REITs. SS&C will handle account owner recordkeeping, transactional activity, new investor onboarding and distribution. SmartStop is the largest public non-traded self-storage REIT in the U.S., with >USD2.9bn in assets.
HSBC wins CSOP ETF mandate
HSBC has been appointed by CSOP Asset Management, the Chinese asset manager, as service provider for the CSOP Saudi Arabia ETF, Asia’s first ETF tracking the performance of Saudi Arabian equities.
USask expands with CIBCM
CIBC Mellon has been chosen to provide asset servicing solutions to the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) endowment fund, including custody, institutional accounting, foreign exchange processing and settlement services, and digital solutions including automated tools. This mandate builds on CIBC Mellon’s existing asset servicing relationship with USask.
Ultimus expands mandate with Fuller & Thaler
Ultimus Fund Solutions, the U.S.based independent provider of fund administration services, has supported the launch of the Fuller & Thaler Behavioral Mid-Cap Equity mutual fund with longtime partner, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management. This will be Fuller & Thaler’s seventh mutual fund administered by Ultimus during their 10-year partnership.
Eley Griffiths appoints Equity Trustees
Eley Griffiths Group, an Australia-based investment manager, has appointed Equity Trustees to be the responsible entity (trustee) of its new fund, the Eley Griffiths Group Mid Cap Fund.
Fondapi adds to SGSS mandate
SGSS in Italy has been selected by Fondapi, a pension fund for small and medium sized enterprises, to provide depositary services, consolidating a relationship that has lasted since 2004.