CACEIS to serve as custodian for Triodos’ Dutch Article 9 funds
CACEIS will provide custody, depositary, administration and reporting for Triodos Investment Management’s Dutch Article 9 fund range.
CACEIS has been appointed to provide custody and depositary services for Triodos Investment Management’s Dutch Article 9 fund range, extending an existing relationship across the manager’s fund platform. The mandate covers safekeeping of assets, depositary oversight, fund administration and regulatory and investor reporting.
Under the agreement, CACEIS will perform core custodian and depositary duties alongside expanded administration and reporting responsibilities required for Article 9 funds in the Netherlands.
Frans Hofkens, head of business development at CACEIS Netherlands, commented that the firm’s experience and its scalable, automated front-to-back servicing model provide a strong base for a strategic partnership with Triodos Investment Management.
Martijn van Oort, managing director risk, finance & operations at Triodos Investment Management, noted that working with CACEIS provides a strong foundation for a long-term partnership and that the arrangement will help simplify operations, increase efficiency and focus on delivering value to clients.
Article 9 funds are defined under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) as strategies with explicit sustainable investment objectives. These funds require more detailed transparency, reporting and regulatory oversight than lower-classified products; managers must provide more granular ESG data and detailed disclosures to meet SFDR requirements.
Asset servicers have placed greater emphasis on integrated custody and administration frameworks that can handle detailed ESG information alongside traditional safekeeping and oversight tasks. The appointment reflects closer integration of custody, administration and data services as managers respond to regulatory demands and investor scrutiny in sustainable finance.
The expanded remit formalizes CACEIS’s custody and depositary roles within Triodos’ operating model and aligns asset servicing responsibilities with the regulatory and reporting needs specific to the manager’s highest sustainability-classified funds.
