Northern Trust has appointed Julie Zhu to lead its asset servicing business in China. Zhu, who is based in Beijing, assumes the role of branch manager from Michael Wu, who was most recently country executive for Greater China. She will report to Angelo Calvitto, who was recently appointed head of the Asia-Pacific region. Zhu, who…
Year: 2021
ConBrio appoints Northern Trust and NatWest
ConBrio Fund Partners Ltd, a UK-based ACD, has appointed Northern Trust for custody and fund accounting, and NatWest Trustee and Depository Services for depository services. ConBrio was advised by Cooper Wood & Associates.
Intertrust acquires corporate secretarial business in HK
Intertrust has acquired the Hong Kong-based corporate secretarial business of Pinsent Masons, an international law firm. The acquisition enables Intertrust to offer a fully integrated corporate services proposition to its clients in Hong Kong and the wider APAC region and supports the firm’s regional growth strategy.
State Street appoints new heads of Taiwan & Hong Kong
State Street has appointed Pauline Wong as head of the Hong Kong SAR and Ilona Chen as head of Taiwan. These newly created roles will report to Mostapha Tahiri, head of Asia Pacific. Wong and Chen will oversee all State Street’s businesses in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively. Wong joined State Street in 2011 and…
BBH launches Connectors program
Brown Brothers Harriman has launched BBH Connectors, a cohort of specialist third-party fintech and service providers that bring expertise in areas like ESG data, insurance accounting, class action recovery services, and AI to drive meaningful outcomes for clients. BBH Connectors can be readily integrated through BBH Infomediary, a data integration engine that provides efficient and…
BNY Mellon partners with Saphyre for client onboarding
BNY Mellon has become the latest custody bank to partner with a fintech to improve the client onboarding experience. It is working with Saphyre, which leverages patented AI technology to digitise all pre-trade activities across multilateral counterparties: asset owners, investment managers/hedge funds, broker/dealers, custodians, and prime brokers. The firms are working together to deploy AI…
State Street hires Jason Knight as global head of insurance
State Street has appointed Jason Knight as global head of the firm’s insurance segment. Knight joins from BNY Mellon, where he was most recently head of the insurance segment in the Americas for the asset servicing business.
Hurricane selects SS&C’s front-to-back solution
Hurricane Capital Advisors, a start-up alternative investment management platform, has launched its operations with SS&C‘s front-to-back solution. SS&C will provide fund administration, middle-office solutions, FIX connectivity, hosting and order and execution management systems.
WHEB expands relationship with FundRock
FundRock, a European third-party UCITS ManCo and AIFM that is owned by Apex, has expanded its relationship with sustainable impact investor WHEB Asset Management LLP to provide distribution services through FundRock Distribution S.A. In an extension of FundRock’s existing role as ManCo for WHEB’s Irish ICAV and ACD for WHEB’s Sustainability OEIC, WHEB has appointed…
Intertrust to open in France
Intertrust, the Netherlands-based provider, is to open its first office in France and has appointed Regis Leleu as country head. He joins from Citco.