Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management (SMDAM)—one of the largest asset management companies in Japan— has selected Burgiss, a provider of private capital data and analytics, as its long-term partner to help manage its growing business in alternative investments. SMDAM will deploy Burgiss’ portfolio management, transparency data, universe data, and investment book of record cashflow data…
Month: June 2023
CACEIS granted PSAN status
CACEIS Bank, the CACEIS group’s French banking entity, has been granted PSAN (digital assets service provider) status by the AMF, France’s financial markets authority. PSAN status enables CACEIS Bank to offer digital asset custody services to third parties, CACEIS says it is the first milestone in the development of a digital asset custody service that…
Pirum launches recall service
Pirum, the UK-based securities finance fintech, has gone live with a global and interoperable Recalls Service, which streamlines and automates the entire end-to-end recall workflow. Pirum claims that this solution “delivers significant efficiencies and assists with compliance ahead of T+1 regulation in the US, Canada and Mexico”. The service aims to transform the recall management…
IQ-EQ appoints Americas CFO
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Judy Wang as CFO for the Americas, where she will direct the financial performance and management of IQ-EQ’s U.S. and Caribbean businesses. She takes over from departing CFO Scott Hensell, and reports to Matt Okolita, regional CEO, Americas. Following its 2022 acquisition of JGM Fund Services, IQ-EQ’s U.S. footprint…
Citi appoints new EMEA SS head
Citi has appointed Reto Faber as EMEA head of securities services. He succeeds Maria Cantillon, who has chosen to focus on her EMEA securities services sales responsibilities. Faber, who has been at Citi for over 36 years, is currently EMEA head of custody. In his new role, he reports to David Livingstone, CEO of EMEA,…
Apollo selects Clearwater
Apollo, a Lloyd’s of London insurer with USD500m AuM, has chosen Clearwater Analytics, a provider of SaaS-based investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, to automate and streamline its investment accounting processes, including data aggregation, trade reconciliation, and reporting on a single integrated platform.
Equilend and Broadridge team up on STP
EquiLend, the securities finance technology firm, has agreed with Broadridge Financial Solutions to facilitate STP to the NSCC’s CCP for equity securities finance transactions. The new service will deploy EquiLend’s liquidity sourcing options and allow clients to trade and automatically submit via Broadridge’s newly launched SFT Submission Service, which provides the market with the capability…
J.P. Morgan appoints new SS head
J.P. Morgan has appointed Teresa Heitsenrether as head of a new unit, data & analytics, which will focus on AI. She is replaced as head of the securities services business by Tim Fitzgerald, currently head of global custody & fund services. He joined J.P. Morgan in 2016 from Deutsche Bank.
Citco to open in Puerto Rico
Citco, the specialist alternatives administrator with USD1.8trn AuA, has chosen Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, as its latest base for a client support centre. Citco says it has chosen Puerto Rico due to its broad availability of educated professionals in the financial sector. The Mayagüez office, which will open in 2024, will be led by Colin Johnson,…
Pricoa taps Apex for Spanish deal
Pricoa Private Capital, part of PGIM, has appointed Apex to support its provision of senior capital to Real Betis Balompié for refinancing. Real Betis is a Spanish professional soccer club based in Seville. Pricoa has provided the club with a EUR65m senior secured term loan. Apex in Spain acted as the facility and security agent…