State Street has hired Neil Macdonald as head of the asset managers segment in Asia Pacific. In this newly created role, Macdonald will report globally to Donna Milrod, head of the global asset managers segment and global clients division, and regionally to Mostapha Tahiri, chief executive officer for Asia Pacific. Macdonald joins from KPMG, where…
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Laide Majiyagbe joins BNY Mellon to head financing & liquidity
BNY Mellon has appointed Laide Majiyagbe as head of financing and liquidity, assuming oversight of the securities finance, liquidity services and collateral segregation businesses. In this newly created role, Majiyagbe will oversee the strategic direction for BNY Mellon’s financing, collateral and short-term liquidity offering. She joins BNY Mellon from Goldman Sachs, where she spent 14…
Arcesium adds three seniors to sales team
Arcesium, the U.S.-based financial technology and professional services firm, has added three people to its sales team. Brian Dalia joins as senior vice president to lead the sales efforts for its institutional asset management practice. Dalia most recently headed North American sales at SimCorp Coric. Matt Weisman has also joined as vice president on the…
Catalyst hires Hebert Almeida as MD, fund services
The Catalyst Group, a Cayman-based start-up fund administrator, has hired Hebert Almeida from Verde Asset Management, a Brazilian firm with USD10bn AuM, where he was responsible for oversight of the group’s back office. At Catalyst he will be managing director, fund services.
Evenlode appoints Equity Trustees as ManCo for new ICAV
Evenlode Investment Management, a UK based investment manager, has launched a second global equity fund in Ireland, the Evenlode Global Opportunities Fund. Equity Trustees, the Australia-based administrator, has been appointed as UCITS ManCo to the Evenlode ICAV.
Standard wins NY state charter to offer digital assets custody
Standard Custody & Trust Company, LLC, a U.S.-based custody and settlement platform for digital assets, has received charter status to operate under New York state banking law as a regulated qualified custodian. The charter permits Standard Custody to offer custodial and escrow services for digital assets. One of Standard’s board members is Tim Keaney, formerly…
Northern Trust wins admin mandate for Guernsey VC fund
Northern Trust in Guernsey has been appointed by venture capital firm BB Pureos Bioventures to provide fund administration and banking services for its first fund, BB Pureos Bioventures LP, with commitments of USD205m. Carey Olsen advised Pureos Bioventures on all legal and regulatory aspects of the fund’s launch as a Guernsey-domiciled closed-ended fund.
Investics to offer S-Ray ESG datasets
Investics Data Services, the Boston-based investment data & analytics firm founded by Bill Pryor, has reached an agreement with Arabesque S-Ray to provide a suite of Arabesque S-Ray ESG data through the Investics Cloud Ecosystem (ICE) and Investics DARTS data marketplace. Clients can subscribe to one or more of the various Investics DARTS Arabesque S-Ray…
TMF appoints Gaurav Richi Mehra as India head of funds services
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based professional services firm, has appointed Gaurav Rishi Mehra as head of funds services in India. He previously worked at KPMG. He will report to Andrew O’Shea, global head of funds services.
Centaur hires Gareth Davies as head of client service for PE
Centaur Fund Services, the Ireland-based fund administration and fiduciary services provider, has hired Gareth Davies as head of client service, private equity, Europe. Based in Centaur’s London office, he will support Centaur’s private equity clients and define Centaur’s PE strategy and business development plans. Most recently, he was head of EMEA client relationship management at…