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Citi selected by Diamond Hill to provide global custody
12 September 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Citi has been mandated by Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. to provide a range of investor support services for the firm's fund assets totalling $4 billion. These services will include global custody, fund services, and securities lending......

IFDS Chosen by AlphaNorth
26 August 2011 Toronto
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

International Financial Data Services (IFDS), the international transfer agency joint venture between State Street Corporation and DST Systems has gone live with a range of transfer agency, record-keeping and back-office support services for AlphaNor

HSBC Securities Services launches TA services in Malaysia
11 August 2011 Kuala Lumpur
Reporter: Anna Reitman

HSBC Securities Services (HSS) has launched transfer agency services through HSBC (Malaysia) Trustee, also selected as the first provider of such administration to the regional fund management industry...

BNY Mellon selected by Formula Investing Funds
26 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has been selected to provide its mutual fund turnkey solutions product, FundVantage Trust, which includes fund accounting and administration, custody, transfer agency, and underwriter services, to Gotham Asset Management...

Sub-transfer agency services selected
20 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has been selected to provide sub-transfer agency services for the Delaware Investments Family of Funds and Optimum Fund Trust, the mandate extends the existing outsourcing and mutual fund servicing relationship

DST Systems announces agreement to acquire ALPS Holdings
20 July 2011 Kansas City
Reporter: Justin Lawson

DST Systems, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ALPS Holdings, Inc. The acquisition builds DST's distribution and asset gathering services while broadening it's range of administrative capabilities.....

First ETF launched in Columbia, Citi to support
18 July 2011 New York
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Citi has been appointed administrator, custodian, transfer agent and creation agent for the first exchange traded fund (ETF) in Colombia. The iShares(R) COLCAP ETF tracks the COLCAP Index on the Colombia Securities Exchange.....

Societe Generale Securities Services globalises its transfer agency solution
30 June 2011 Paris
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) now provides clients with a single platform Transfer Agency solution for investment funds domiciled in Luxembourg or Ireland.

BNY Mellon picks up Barclays mandate
23 June 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, has been appointed by Barclays Wealth Funds Limited to provide transfer agency and fund accounting services to UK-domiciled assets valued at 4 billion pounds Sterling (US$6.4 million)......

Aubrey Nestor joins Bravura Solutions
20 June 2011 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Bravura Solutions Limited has appointed Aubrey Nestor as Product Manager for Rufus, the company’s market-leading transfer agency platform across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Huntington Asset Services supports Cloud Capital
16 June 2011 Columbus
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Huntington Asset Services will assist Cloud Capital LLC with launching its first mutual fund offerings. The Oklahoma-based investment firm will offer three new mutual funds that will be serviced through Huntington Asset Services’ Valued Advisers Tr

Same Day Settlement platform launched for Asia Pacific
14 June 2011 Hong Kong
Reporter: Justin Lawson

J.P. Morgan and BlackRock have launched a Same Day Settlement platform in Asia Pacific......