Jay Lipman has joined Citi as a client executive for custody & fund services. He joins from BNY Mellon, where he was the global lead for many of the firm’s most complex client relationships. Based in New York, he reports to Irimga McKay, global head of client services for custody & fund services.
Month: August 2020
SANNE rehires Zoubeir Khatib as director of CoE in Mauritius
SANNE, the UK-listed administrator, has appointed Zoubeir Khatib to the newly created role of director of the centre of excellence in its Mauritius business. Khatib has previously worked for SANNE and Ocorian in Mauritius.
Dean Blackburn appointed chief commercial officer at JTC
JTC, the C.I.-based administrator, has promoted Dean Blackburn to chief commercial officer. He takes over the post from Tony Whitney, who has retired from all executive roles at JTC after 23 years with the group. He joined JTC 18 months ago from HSBC, where he led the growth of its global HNW expatriate wealth management…
Northern Trust & BondEvalue complete first fractionalised bond trade in Singapore
Northern Trust and BondEvalue have completed the first trade of a fractionalised blockchain-based bond. The trade of a blockchain-based bond, known as BondbloX, was executed on BondEvalue’s platform, with Northern Trust as the exclusive asset servicing provider. This comes after the two parties established a strategic partnership in 2019 to deliver integrated asset servicing and…
BNY Mellon wins EUR40bn fund admin mandate for Deka Immobilien
BNY Mellon has been appointed by Deka Immobilien, a subsidiary of Germany’s DekaBank, to provide global fund administration coordination and oversight for its special purpose vehicles. Much of Deka’s EUR40bn in real estate assets is invested globally through SPVs. BNY Mellon’s role will be to coordinate accounting data from the SPVs around the world in…
Duff & Phelps launches Super ManCo in Ireland
Duff & Phelps, a U.S.-based provider of governance, risk and transparency solutions, has been authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as an AIFM and UCITS management company (Super ManCo) in Ireland. The Irish Super ManCo joins Luxembourg as the second hub in Duff & Phelps’ European operations to offer a full portfolio of independent…
Fidinam and Hex Trust partner on digital assets
Fidinam, a Switzerland-based consultancy firm providing corporate tax and accounting services for digital assets, has partnered with Hex Trust, the Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian and infrastructure platform for banks and financial institutions, to enter the digital asset ecosystem. The partnership enables Fidinam to provide digital asset services to their global clients, leveraging Hex Trust’s…
Maples deploys Geneva for Irish AIFM business unit
MPMF Fund Management (Ireland) Limited, the Maples Group‘s alternative investment fund manager and UCITS management company, has launched technology enhancements. MPMF has implemented Advent Geneva, the portfolio accounting system owned by SS&C, to maintain investment books of record. Geneva is a fully integrated multicurrency portfolio accounting system. In addition, MPMF has implemented MSCI Risk Manager…
Ocorian supports sixth PE fund for Pacific Equity Partners
Pacific Equity Partners, an Australia-based private markets fund manager, has closed its sixth core fund with Ocorian, the C.I.-based fund services provider, as administrator. The Cayman-domiciled fund has AUD2.5bn of commitments. Ocorian assisted with the establishment, launch and closings of Fund VI and will continue to provide ongoing support, including administrative, depositary and governance services…
BBH sets up NY trust company to service insurance and reinsurance clients
Brown Brothers Harriman has launched a new institutional trust company incorporated in the State of New York, expanding BBH’s servicing suite for insurance and reinsurance firms and their institutional trust arrangements governed across multiple jurisdictions. The BBH Institutional Trust Company of New York will be led by Diane Wiley, SVP and head of insurance relationship…