Clearstream and Citco announce Citco Global Securities Services transaction
Joint press release
Clearstream and Citco have signed an agreement for the sale of Citco’s Cork based Financial Institution Hedge Fund custody processing business to Clearstream for a sum in the mid double digit million euro range. The deal allows Clearstream to significantly expand its hedge fund services for financial institutions whilst enabling Citco to strategically focus on its core fund investor client base – namely Fund of Hedge Funds, Family Offices, Insurance Companies and Pension and Endowment Schemes - via its Citco Alternative Investor Services (CAIS) division.
The acquisition of Citco Global Securities Services’ (CGSS) hedge fund custody infrastructure adds around 300 CGSS employees based in Cork to Clearstream and licences Clearstream to use Citco’s custody IT infrastructure. The two companies will ensure the takeover takes place in a gradual way in order to ensure a smooth transition.
Philippe Seyll, Member of the Executive Board and Head of Investment Funds Services at Clearstream, said: “The additional business of Citco Global Securities Services’ hedge fund custody operation enables us to fast-track our standardisation and automation initiatives in the hedge funds industry and to offer our financial institution customers a superior value proposition. The know-how and expertise in hedge funds operations we acquire from Citco combined with our operational excellence in mutual funds will enable our Vestima platform to become the leading international fund market infrastructure for all types of funds.”
William Keunen, Global Head of Citco’s Asset Servicing business said: “We are delighted to be able to offer our financial institution clients the opportunity to combine Citco’s capabilities in the alternative sector, together with Clearstream’s existing fund platform for a true one-stop-shop fund processing product. Citco’s Alternative Investor Services division will continue to focus on its core business of providing a full suite of asset related services to our core fund investor client base that allocate to alternative asset classes. We look forward to continuing to develop links with Clearstream as a global asset service provider.”
About Citco
Citco is a global leader in provision of administration and financial services to the alternative investment industry (Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Real Estate). Citco Alternative Investor Services (CAIS) dedicated services to institutional clients include fund administration, middle office, custody, depositary, banking, financing, collateral management, foreign exchange services, risk services and a full suite of reporting solutions. Citco’s ÆXIMO technology for fund investor clients allows full portfolio planning and dealing, including liquidity reporting, asset allocation breakdown, compliance checks and performance reporting.
Citco Fund Services currently provides administration services for more than 2,000 funds with net assets exceeding $ 740 billion and offers full service fund administration from 20 strategic centres globally.
Citco has a large presence in Ireland, with over 1,000 staff located across Dublin and Cork.
Further information: www.citco.com
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