On the 1st July 2011, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union...

BNY Mellon has appointed Michael Cole-Fontayn as its new chairman of Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)...

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, 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.....

UBS Global Asset Management has launched its Asia Pacific Fund Services business, which will provide fund administration and support to funds in the region...

Huntington Asset Services will assist Longview Capital Management with its first mutual fund offering. The Delaware-based investment firm will offer a mutual fund that will be serviced through Huntingtons' Valued Advisers Trust......

Credit Suisse has appointed Carl Bautista, Mervyn Chow and George Pavey as co-heads of its Global Markets Solutions Group (GMSG) for Asia Pacific and Zeth Hung as vice chairman of the Investment Banking Department and GMSG for Greater China...

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has been appointed by CDC Entreprises to provide trustee services for eight venture capital funds totalling more than EUR 3 billion...

RBC Dexia to provide KIID services to Overlord Premium, the first French investment fund with KIID to be approved by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the French supervisory authority......

Broadridge Financial Solutions and Compliance Technologies International have entered into a partnership that integrates Broadridge’s Tax Managed Services (TMS) with CTI’s Tax Withholding software.

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.....

Capco appoints Andrew Tarver as UK chief executive officer. Tarver was previously a Partner in Capco’s UK capital markets team. Ismail Amla, Capco’s previous UK CEO, will now head Capco’s North American practice........