Dubai-based Introspect Capital has appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody and brokerage solutions. The California-based financial services company will work directly with Introspect Capital’s investment team and focus on portfolio management and business development.
The financial services company will also use its expertise in asset servicing and global capital markets to help improve the fund operations of Introspect Capital.
Introspect Capital has appointed the US company as its global custodian which will give it access to Northern Trust Securities’agency-online brokering services, which provides institutional brokerage services across Europe, Middle East, Africa, United States as well as many Asian countries.
Guy Gibson, global head of Institutional Brokerage at Northern Trust Capital Markets told the media that, “Our services provide broad market access, quality execution and minimization of trading costs – as well as investment strategies centered on clients’ individual requirements and investment objectives. This approach underpins our focus on delivering the highest levels of service for clients.”
While speaking about the collaboration with the Dubai-based asset manager, Edgar D’Mello, head of relationship and client management across Northern Trust’s Middle East offices noted that his company has the experience of supporting dynamic asset managers around the world and also the heritage of providing solutions to Middle East clients for more than 30 years.
Founded in 2017, Introspect is a boutique asset manager investing in the Middle Eastern region, north Africa as well as Southeast Asia.
Northern Trust recently announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Belvedere Advisors. The global asset manager has more than $900 billion in assets under management.