Northern Trust has been selected by Dubai-based asset manager Sancta Capital Advisors to provide brokerage and global custody services.
Sancta Capital is part of Sancta Capital Group, an alternative investment manager founded in 2013 with a focus on distressed and deep-value investing across the Middle East and Africa.
As part of this new partnership, Northern Trust aims to drive efficiencies across Sancta Capital’s business and enable the team to focus more directly on core investment management functions and alpha generation.
This includes supporting Sancta Capital’s trading programme through Northern Trust’s agency-only brokerage capability, which combines far-reaching trading expertise in equities and fixed income with access to broad liquidity.
Additionally, Northern Trust will provide global custody services for Sancta Capital’s local and global mandates delivering process efficiencies for the safekeeping, reporting and administration of its assets.
Guy Gibson, global head of institutional brokerage at Northern Trust Capital Markets, said: “Northern Trust’s institutional brokerage services provide asset managers and asset owners with access to intelligent solutions and high-quality liquidity. In turn this enables increased transparency and governance across their trading programme – as well as helping to optimise operational efficiency. Our expertise in these areas compliments both Sancta Capital’s investment specialisms and regional focus.”
Ahmad Alanani, co-founder and chief executive officer of Sancta Capital, commented: “We are excited to work with Northern Trust, whose brokerage execution and custody offering will provide us with the operational efficiency, market expertise and the innovative solutions required to achieve our long-term investment goals.”
Michael Slater, head of Middle East and Africa at Northern Trust, added: “Northern Trust is committed to supporting asset managers across the Middle East and North Africa. Through market cycles, our local presence and global capabilities provide clients like Sancta Capital with access to scale and sophisticated asset servicing solutions – assisting their growth, while helping them adapt to change and position their investment operations for the future.”
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