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Northern Trust wins Shetland mandate
03 December 2010 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Northern Trust has been appointed to provide global custody services to USD65 million in council assets for the Shetland Islands Council...

Finadium launches new report on hedged mutuals
03 December 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

A new report from Finadium evaluates the investment strategies and business models of the US hedged mutual fund industry, including long/short, absolute return and market neutral '40 Act funds...

Apex hires Hecksher
03 December 2010 Dublin
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Fund administrator Apex Fund Services has appointed Thalius Hecksher as global Head of business development.??..

AP1 sets tough new custody rules
03 December 2010 Stockholm
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Sweden's Första AP-fonden (AP1) is reviewing its custody arrangements and have set stringent new conditions for applicants...

BNP Paribas and the master custody mandate
03 December 2010 Paris
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNP Paribas) has been mandated as master custody provider by three UK-based pension schemes of ATOS Origin with total assets under management of GBP 685 million.

SEB supports new UCITS fund from SAM
02 December 2010 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

European equities specialist SAM Capital is to launch a new UCITS fund via SEB Prime Solutions...

StatPro and the Global signings
02 December 2010 Boston
Reporter: Justin Lawson

StatPro signs multi-year contracts with several customers in North America, Europe and Asia. The new contracts include a variety of products, including the StatPro Seven portfolio analytics platform and the company’s evaluated pricing services

Northern Trust wins US$65 million custody mandate
02 December 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

orthern Trust has been appointed to provide global custody services to US$65 million (approximately GB£41 million) in council assets for the Shetland Islands Council.

Haidar Capital Management selects Fund-Studio
01 December 2010 Fort Lee
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Robust hedge fund portfolio management system chosen to reduce operational risk through process automation and real-time reporting

Interactive Data now info supplier to FINODEX
01 December 2010 London
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

Interactive Data Corporation is now providing global equities and European options market data to FINODEX, an Amsterdam-based provider of customised Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for investors in the capital and options markets...

State Street to cut positions
01 December 2010 Boston
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

State Street has announced a cost cutting plans that will see 1,400 jobs lost across the group...

Citi wins Global X Funds mandate
01 December 2010 New York
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

Citi has won a mandate to provide third-party securities lending services for Global X Funds' family of exchange traded funds.