Equity Trustees, the Australia-based independent trustee company, has appointed Andrew Godfrey as executive general manager of the superannuation trustees services business. He replaces Mark Blair, who oversaw the growth of funds under supervision from AUD1bn (USD690m) to AUD40bn (USD28bn) over the five years he was in the role. Blair will continue to work with the…
Month: February 2023
Apex appoints Jersey head
Apex has appointed Alice Read as country head, Jersey. She will report to James Burke, regional head of Northern Europe and Channel Islands. Read joined Apex in 2021 as commercial director. She previously held roles with Intertrust as director of corporate services, Jersey and managing director, Dubai.
Waystone appoints new CRO
Waystone, the Ireland-based service provider to the investment management industry, has appointed Des Johnson as global chief revenue officer. Johnson, who is based in the U.S., was previously CEO for The Americas at Centaur, which Waystone recently acquired. Johnson joined Centaur in 2017 after a long career at Citi and a brief spell at SS&C.
Century implements loan servicing platform
Century Health & Housing Capital, LLC, a US-based provider of government-insured Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage financing, has implemented SS&C Precision LM, SS&C’s loan servicing platform. SS&C Precision LM automates many loan servicing functions, including new loan onboarding, running amortisation schedules, setting up escrow and reserve accounts, escrow analysis, and generating monthly invoices. Century will…
Jaid adds top talent to board
Kelly Mathieson has joined Jaid’s board of directors. UK-based Jaid is an Al-powered automation platform that extracts critical data from all company and client communications across all channels. It analyses and organises the data into meaningful, actionable insights and integrates with existing systems and workflows. Mathieson spent 26 years at J.P. Morgan in a variety…
ID-Pal appoints chair
ID-Pal, the UK-based identity verification provider, has appointed Tim Murphy as the new independent chair of its board of directors. An early investor in ID-Pal, Murphy has sat on the board as a non-executive member since 2017 and his current position is principal director at Guacamole Partners Limited, an M&A advisory firm. The appointment comes…
Socium hires CRO from Apex
Socium Fund Services, the U.S.-based administrator which is owned by C.I.-based Suntera Global, has appointed Jason Meklinsky as chief revenue and strategy officer. He will oversee the business development, client services and product development teams in the U.S. and Cayman offices. Most recently, Meklinsky served as head of business development, hedge funds, private equity, real…
EFA hires from Swedbank for Nordic coverage
EFA, the Luxembourg-based administrator owned by Universal Investment, has hired Pia Kumlin as head of the Nordic region, based in Stockholm. She will lead the existing team with the objective of strengthening client relationships, further developing not only Sweden but the broader Nordic market. Prior to joining EFA, Kumlin was chief product owner at Swedbank.…
UI supports Pella fund launch in Europe
Universal Investment, the Germany-based administrator that claims to have EUR950bn AuA (USD1trn), has supported the launch of the Pella Global Securities Sustainable Fund in Europe as part of the UI I umbrella fund. Pella Funds Management is an Australian asset manager. In addition of acting as fund service platform, Universal Investment will provide Pella with…
Nick Sylvester joins Metaco
Nick Sylvester has joined Metaco, the Swiss-based digital assets service provider, as global head of partnerships. He was previously global partner director at LSEG.