Category: Offshore

IQ-EQ has supported Premico, a Finland-based real estate fund manager, with the first closing of its newest residential fund, Premico Residential Fund III, raising EUR45m (USD44m) in equity commitments. IQ-EQ Luxembourg is providing fund administration, depositary and AIFM services, as well as corporate services and directorship for the GP and MasterCo.

European Fund Administration, which is due to be acquired by Universal Investment, has been appointed by Link Fund Solutions (Luxembourg) S.A. to provide middle office services covering trade management services for transferable securities and for financial derivative instruments. This new mandate broadens the longstanding relationship between EFA and Link Fund Solutions (Luxembourg) S.A., a third-party…

Suntera Global, the Isle of Man-based administrator, is providing a suite of services through its digital division to support the establishment of a blockchain-based tech start-up in the Isle of Man which aims to revolutionise the digital funding and investment space. Suntera’s specialist fintech and crypto asset services division has provided a range of structuring…

CACEIS, the asset servicing banking group of Crédit Agricole S.A. and Santander, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Royal Bank of Canada for CACEIS to acquire the European asset servicing activities of RBC Investor Services and its associated Malaysian centre of excellence. This would include custody, global custody FX, fund administration, transfer agency, middle…

BNP Paribas has been selected by Fineco Asset Management (FAM) to provide a full range of banking services for its equities and fixed income ETFs listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. FAM, an Irish UCITS management company wholly owned by Italian bank FinecoBank S.p.A., has entered the ETF market with a range of Ireland-domiciled funds.…

Northern Trust has been appointed by Polar Capital to provide global custody, depositary, transfer agency, fund accounting and currency management services to the Melchior Selected Trust. Domiciled in Luxembourg, Polar Capital’s Melchior Selected Trust was launched in 2010 and is comprised of the Melchior Absolute Return Fund, European Opportunities Fund and Global Equity Fund. All…