Month: August 2023

Northern Trust has appointed Dane Fannin to lead its global FX business. Fannin, who joined the bank in 2006, will retain his existing responsibilities for the securities finance business. He reports to Guy Gibson, global head of capital markets, banking & treasury services. Fannin replaces Marisa Kurk, who left earlier this year.

Altum Group, a C.I.-based provider of fund, corporate, and family office solutions, has agreed to acquire Link Fund Solutions (Luxembourg) S.A., a provider of AIFM and ManCo services, from Link Group. Link Luxembourg is part of Australia-based Link Group’s fund solutions business. Established in 2018, Link Luxembourg provides services to an institutional client base through…

Xceptor, a data automation platform provider, and Taskize, the Euroclear-owned provider of inter-company workflow, have formed a partnership to supply financial institutions and energy firms with improved counterparty experiences and operational efficiencies. The partnership combines Taskize’s ability to reduce the volume of operational emails and provide greater clarity and real-time management information, with Xceptor’s platform…

Cyril Delamare has stepped down as chief growth officer at Waystone, whilst remaining as an independent non-executive director of the MontLake UCITS platform. Delamare founded MontLake in 2009 and led the business through its merger with DMS Group and MDO, creating Waystone Group. Des Johnson, global chief revenue officer, will now lead the commercial team.

SS&C has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the managed funds administration business from Iress, an Australian financial services technology company. The MFA business is one of Australia’s largest third-party fund registries, with around AUD900bn (USD576bn) in managed assets across over 1,400 funds, four custodians and 69 fund managers. The deal is expected to close…

Apex Group has been appointed by Sadu Capital to provide fund administration and AML solutions. Sadu Capital is a Saudi-based venture capital firm that invests in private technology startups. Sadu’s latest Cayman-domiciled fund focuses on investing in early-stage start-ups based in the Middle East & North Africa region.

TMF Group, the Netherlands-based provider of business administration services, plans to acquire Avanzia Taxand in Malta. Avanzia Taxand provides tax advisory and tax compliance services, as well as a suite of corporate services, including domiciliation, accounting and directorship. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

HSBC has launched ETF Platform Solutions, its new end-to-end platform providing asset servicing solutions to ETF issuers globally. Under a single offering, ETF issuers will have access to HSBC’s markets & securities services capabilities, such as: ETF order management, PCF production, and custom ETF NAV attribution analysis; AP services including ETF seeding and HSBC’s ETF…

Steve David has left Northern Trust, where he has spent the last 19 years. David was CEO of Northern Trust Global Services Societas Europaea, its EU bank, as well as country head for Luxembourg. He was instrumental in growing the Luxembourg franchise and also played a key role in the successful integration of the UBS…

Hazeltree, the U.S.-based provider of treasury and liquidity management solutions for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Vlad Berson as chief marketing officer. He will report to Hazeltree CEO Tushar Amin and will be based in New York. Berson joins from Broadridge, where he was most recently global head of marketing for capital markets.