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Valverde appoints Northern Trust to provide asset servicing solutions
02 July 2024 Singapore
Reporter: Klea Neza

Northern Trust will be providing custody, fund administration, foreign exchange and cash management services for its newly formed Variable Capital Company (VCC) fund

LarrainVial to acquire Aubrey Capital Management
16 January 2024 Chile
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The deal will conclude in the next few days, following final reviews from lawyers in the UK and Chile

SECDEX digital carbon market solution to be showcased at COP28
28 November 2023 Seychelles
Reporter: Sophie Downes

Partnering with ZERO13, SECDEX digitally connects carbon market participants, registries and exchanges across jurisdictions

Chartered Asset Management picks Northern Trust for custody services
15 September 2023 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Chartered Asset Management is one of the 18 selected fund managers included in the 2019 VCC Pilot Programme, established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority

Singapore authorities report on interoperable digital asset networks
26 June 2023 Singapore
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has been working in partnership with industry firms through its Project Guardian initiative to test the viability of asset tokenisation and decentralised finance in financial services

Tokenovate and ZERO13 complete first VCC smart legal contract
31 May 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Distributed financial market infrastructure provider Tokenovate and GMEX Group’s climate fintech initiative, ZERO13, have executed the first smart legal contract for voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives trades

iFAST Singapore picks Standard Chartered as main custodian of T+0 MMF
19 August 2022 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The CNH Fund, one of the first retail VCC funds to be launched in Singapore, will be the first to offer a T+0 settlement for investors

Apex secures tax services mandate
30 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Apex Group has been appointed by Encore Capital Management, a real estate developer, operator and institutional investment management firm, to provide fund administration, investor reporting, and tax services

First Plus Asset Management selects BNP Paribas for fund administration
19 November 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

First Plus Asset Management has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide fund administration services for funds using Singapore’s Variable Capital Company structure

Indea Capital Partners appoints BNP Paribas Securities Services for Singapore VCC mandate
10 November 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Indea Capital Partners has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide custody services to its sub-fund set-up under Singapore’s new Variable Capital Company (VCC) structure

ALFI: ManCos must become fintechs and invest heavily in technology
17 March 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“When you see the regulatory pressure, technology is paramount to help the ManCo concentrate on what they should do – which is helping the client provide governance,” says a speaker from the ALFI conference

HSBC to provide custody and fund admin for first ETF under Singapore VCC scheme
17 September 2020 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CSOP Asset Management has selected HSBC to provide custody and fund administration services for its first ETF under the authorised VCC scheme in Singapore