Martin Currie Investment Management has completed the migration of outsourced investment operations functions to Northern Trust for its book of assets managed from UK offices in Edinburgh and London. These include performance measurement and client reporting activities that were previously managed inhouse. Owned by Franklin Resources, Martin Currie is a long-term global equity growth investor…
Category: Outsourcing
Lifetri outsources MO/BO to CACEIS
Lifetri Group, a Dutch provider of life, funeral and term life insurance, has selected CACEIS for outsourcing of its middle and back office asset management operations. The service includes investment administration, transaction processing and investment reporting. CACEIS will deploy the latest version of SimCorp Dimension to support Lifetri.
Invesco signs for State Street’s Alpha platform
State Street has entered into an agreement with Invesco Ltd., the U.S.-based asset manager with USD1.4trn AuM, which will result in Invesco adopting State Street Alpha, the first front-to-back asset servicing platform from a single provider for institutional and wealth management firms. The migration to Alpha is intended to simplify Invesco’s investment infrastructure to improve…
Callum Runcie joins Coremont to head North America sales
Coremont, the UK-based provider of investment management support services, has appointed Callum Runcie as its senior sales executive for North America. Runcie joins from Options IT, where he was sales director, buyside. He previously worked for HSBC’s securities services business.
Westwood outsources trading to Northern Trust
Northern Trust has been selected by Westwood Holdings Group to provide outsourced trading through its Integrated Trading Solutions service. In this role, Northern Trust will assume responsibility for equity and fixed income trading and middle office trade settlement support for the USD12bn asset manager.
Northern Trust wins MO mandate for FSI in Australia
Northern Trust has been appointed by First Sentier Investors (previously First State Investments), an Australia-based global asset manager with >AUD200bn (USD156bn) AuM, to provide middle office outsourcing services. FSI was acquired in 2019 by Mitsubishi UFJ from Commonwealth Bank.
IQ-EQ acquires Constellation
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has completed the acquisition of Constellation Advisers LLC, a U.S.-based co-sourced and outsourced investment management services provider, following receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals. Constellation Advisers, which has 115 employees across six U.S. offices, provides customised solutions to a range of traditional and alternative investment management firms, including private equity, real…
Glenmede adds equity trading to State Street mandate
Glenmede Investment Management L.P., a U.S.-based money manager with USD11bn AuM, has appointed State Street to provide outsourced non-US equity trading and middle office services for GIM’s international equity strategy. This mandate adds to the recently extended investment servicing relationship covering custody, accounting, fund administration and transfer agency solutions for the Glenmede Funds.
Apex launches CFO & COO Solutions via Throgmorton
Apex Group has launched CFO & COO Solutions through its subsidiary, Throgmorton. This follows the recent launch of Throgmorton Compliance Solutions, which delivers tailored services including licence applications, regulatory audits, compliance monitoring and technology-enabled management services.
Brooks Macdonald signs outsourcing deal with SS&C
Brooks Macdonald, a UK wealth manager, has partnered with SS&C for technology and operational services. As part of the arrangement, Brooks Macdonald will consolidate its operations on SS&C technology. By 2021, SS&C will transition Brooks Macdonald’s operations to its technology and deploy its end-to-end wealth technology stack. Solutions include the SS&C Investrack digital service layer…