Smith & Williamson Fund Administration Limited (SWFAL), part of the UK-based Tilney Smith & Williamson, has been appointed as Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) for seven Brooks Macdonald funds. SWFAL is already ACD for 11 funds run by Cornelian Asset Managers, which was acquired by the Brooks Macdonald Group in 2019. The deal will see the…
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COMGEST signs with SimCorp
SimCorp, a U.S.-based provider of SaaS investment management solutions, has signed a new partnership with COMGEST to support its strategy and offer an enhanced front-to back-office global platform, in partnership with TradingScreen. COMGEST, a France-based manager, will replace its existing front-to-back solution with SimCorp Dimension and Gain data management solutions, both cloud-hosted platforms.
U.S. Bank wins WisdomTree BTC ETF mandate
WisdomTree, the U.S.-based ETP specialist with USD75bn AuM, has appointed U.S. Bank as service provider for its proposed Bitcoin Trust ETF, which is currently under review by the SEC.
JTC wins new OZ fund mandate
JTC Americas (formerly NES Financial) has been appointed to provide fund administration services for Eagle OZ Fund II, an Opportunity Zone fund that will provide capital for a multi-family land development project in Chicago.
Apex wins LatAm mandate
Apex has been appointed by Compass Group LLC, an independent Latin American asset manager, for fund administration, depositary, and corporate services. Founded in New York in 1995, Compass Group has a team of more than 300 professionals located in nine different offices across Latin America, managing, advising, and providing distribution services for >USD41bn AuM.
RailField appoints Apex as administrator
Apex has been appointed to provide fund administration, investor reporting and investor portal services to RailField Partners, a multifamily investment and asset management firm. Apex will support RailField’s fund accounting needs for its first institutional LP funds. Based in the U.S., RailField has partnerships with a wide range of investors including family offices, pension funds…
Adams Street deploys Apex ESG solution
Adams Street Partners, a U.S.-based private markets investment firm with >USD49bn AuM, has deployed a real-time ESG data analytics solution from Apex to provide insights into underlying fund and private company investments. The Apex analytics platform securely processes a variety of ESG data streams to provide tailored insights during investment and operational due diligence. Adams…
SGSS supports BTC ETF launched by Melanion Capital
Melanion Capital, a French asset management company regulated by the AMF, has launched a bitcoin ETF under the UCITS banner. The Melanion BTC Equities Universe UCITS ETF was launched on Euronext in October 2021 Melanion worked with SGSS throughout the planning and product design phase, which took two years, and subsequently appointed the bank as…
Citi wins lion’s share of BlackRock’s iShares rebalancing
Citi has emerged as the major winner in BlackRock’s rebalancing of its provider panel for the USD2.3trn iShares’ assets in U.S.-domiciled ETFs. The decision is the culmination of a nearly two year-long due diligence process with the selection of four of the leading custody banks to support the growth of U.S. iShares ETFs and strengthen…
BlueBox appoints Northern Trust for USD1bn Lux SICAV
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide fund administration, depositary, global custody and its Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) to BlueBox Asset Management’s Luxembourg-domiciled BlueBox Global Technology Fund. Headquartered in Switzerland, BlueBox Asset Management was established in 2017. Its BlueBox Global Technology Fund (SICAV) has grown assets under management to more than USD1bn. The fund invests…