Year: 2022

Cowen Inc. has launched its digital asset division, Cowen Digital LLC. Based in Stamford, Connecticut, the new division offers full-service trade execution and custody solutions on a platform that provides institutional clients with secure and compliant access to the digital asset ecosystem. Custody solutions are provided through Cowen’s strategic partnership with PolySign’s Standard Custody &…

State Street has appointed Jesse Cole as global head of its private markets segment. In this role, Cole will be responsible for defining and executing State Street’s global strategy for private markets and will work closely with the global sales and product organisations to manage and grow private markets business across all client segments. Cole…

BNP Paribas Securities Services and Next Gate Tech have reached an agreement through which BP2S will deploy Next Gate Tech’s data management and NAV oversight technology to support its depositary bank operations, initially in Luxembourg. Next Gate is a Luxembourg-based fintech which recently hired Eduardo Gramuglia, formerly head of State Street in Luxembourg, as its…

Vistra, the Singapore-based provider of fund administration and corporate services, has established a partnership with Depowise to adopt its depositary solution. Depowise is a European-based provider of regtech solutions. The new partnership allows Vistra to transform and digitise depositary business processes. Depowise will be rolled out across Vistra’s European depositary operations in the UK and…

Russell Investments has appointed Carne Group as third-party management company for 11 Russell umbrella funds, covering USD32.5bn AuM across 76 active sub-funds, said to be the world’s largest ManCo outsourcing deal to date, as measured by AuM. The funds are domiciled in Ireland and distributed globally. Russell Investments is a U.S.-based provider of investment solutions…

Equity Trustees, the Australia-based provider of administration services, has been appointed responsible entity (trustee) and custodian for the Metrics Direct Income Fund, managed by Metrics Credit Partners, an Australian non-bank corporate lender and alternative asset manager specialising in origination and active management of private debt portfolios. The fund seeks to provide monthly cash income, capital…

SEI has launched Ledger, a new functionality designed to provide institutional investors and asset owners with the ability to view, update, and reconcile a comprehensive set of raw data within SEI’s portfolio intelligence tool, SEI Novus. Ledger can help users rectify contradictory or delayed information in order to provide clients with greater transparency, accuracy, and…

State Street Digital has added three executives to its leadership team. Katie Richards joins as global head of operations and Marcus Grubb as global head of product. Both report to Nadine Chakar, head of State Street Digital. Additionally, Derren Selvarajah has joined as product PMO lead for the product strategy team. Selvarajah reports to Grubb.…