Category: Mandates

Maryland Care, Inc. (MPC), a Maryland managed care organisation (MCO), has contracted with SS&C for investment accounting, reporting and statutory statement preparation services. MPC will be transitioning from its current service provider to Singularity, SS&C’s cloud-based investment accounting platform, which will support the operational, accounting and regulatory reporting needs of its investment portfolios.

BNP Paribas Securities Services has been mandated by Teslin Capital Management to provide investment and fund administration, depotbank and global custody services for its EUR1.2bn (USD1.2bn) of global assets. Teslin Capital Management is a long-term investor focused on small and midcaps in The Netherlands and other European capital markets. Koos van der Helm, manager finance,…

Digivault, the UK-regulated digital asset custodian, has entered into a partnership with poundtoken.io, the first UK-regulated stablecoin that is 100pct backed by GBP. The recently launched stablecoin, poundtoken, is known by the ticker “GBPT”, and is issued by blackfridge, the Isle of Man-based fintech company. KPMG has been appointed as its auditors, whose monthly proof…

HSBC and Mount Street Group have entered into a 10-year strategic agreement with Aviva Investors for asset servicing arrangements for its real assets business, covering GBP50bn (USD60bn) AuM. The mandate will see HSBC and Mount Street assume all fund administration and debt servicing functions on behalf of Aviva Investors’ real assets strategies. The mandate follows…

Apex has been appointed by Foord Asset Management to support its expansion into the Australian market. Apex will provide fund administration, transfer agency and custody services to Foord’s new Australia-domiciled fund, the Foord Global Equity Australian Feeder Fund. This follows the recent announcement that Foord had appointed Equity Trustees as the Responsible Entity (trustee) for…

Pacific Fund Systems, the Isle of Man-based portfolio platform provider, has been selected by Kensington Fund Services Ltd, a newly established fund administrator based in Bermuda, for the PFS-PAXUS fund administration system for its third-party fund administration business operations. Pacific Fund Systems has a client base with >USD1trn of assets on PFS-PAXUS. Graham MacDonald, Managing…

Northern Trust has been appointed by Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) to provide a range of asset servicing solutions covering global custody, financial reporting, securities finance, private equity administration, performance measurement and compliance monitoring. AFESD, based in Kuwait, is a regional financial institution focused on funding economic and social development by financing…

Apex has been appointed by Encore Capital Management to provide fund administration, investor reporting and tax services. Encore is a U.S.-based real estate developer, operator, and institutional investment management firm, with >USD2bn AuM. Encore has been a longstanding tax compliance and structuring client of FTS, a tax services provider, in which Apex took a majority…

Apex has expanded its relationship with DSG Consumer Partners, an investor in consumer businesses in India & Southeast Asia. DSG Consumer Partners has recently appointed Apex in Mauritius and Singapore to provide fund solutions for its fourth fund, Singapore-domiciled DSG Consumer Partners VCC. Apex was initially appointed by DSG Consumer Partners in 2019 to provide…