Zodia Custody has appointed Ronnie Jaworek as business development manager. She joins from Standard Chartered Bank‘s financing and securities services team.
Year: 2023
Ocorian appoints first CIO
Ocorian, the C.I.-based administration services provider, has appointed Stuart Geddes as its chief information officer, a newly created role. Geddes, who has been with Ocorian since 2016, is based in Jersey, C.I. Nine members of Ocorian’s IT senior leadership team report to him directly,
Apex appoints group president
Apex has appointed Samir Pandiri to the newly created role of group president and member of the executive committee. Reporting to founder & CEO, Peter Hughes, Pandiri will be responsible for overseeing functions including operations, technology product innovation, risk and human resources. He joins from Broadridge, where he was most recently responsible for post-trade technology,…
Apex expands in Ireland
Apex has expanded its established presence in Ireland, with the opening of a new Limerick office and creation of new job opportunities. Apex plans to create more roles in Limerick and is seeking to hire professionals with experience in fund administration, accounting and corporate services. (For more information, visit the Apex careers page). Apex’s new…
CEO quits Universal Investment
Michael Reinhard has unexpectedly stepped down from his position as CEO of Universal Investment Group “to seek new challenges”. David Blumer, who has been non-executive chairman of the investment board of Universal Investment Group for over a year, is to take on the role of executive chairman until a new CEO is appointed. Blumer has…
France “most complex” country for business
TMF Group, the Netherlands-based administrator, has launched the 10th edition of its Global Business Complexity Index (GBCI). The report analyses 78 jurisdictions which account for 92pct of the world’s total GDP and 95pct of net global FDI flows. It compares 292 annually tracked indicators, offering data on key aspects of doing business, including incorporation timelines,…
Female majority on SG’s new ExCo
The new CEO of Société Générale, Slawomir Krupa, has appointed a new ExCo, which is comprised of 13 senior managers. Of these, seven are women. Compare this with, say, State Street, which has adopted a high profile over its commitment to the DE&I agenda. Its 11-member ExCo is comprised of nine men and just two…
Etana appoints CTO
Etana Custody, a U.S.-based, regulated provider of multi-asset custody and support services, has appointed Dennis Noto as chief technology officer. Noto joins Etana from previous roles as CTO at several financial technology companies, including IBM, LPL Financial, and Scottrade. Etana Custody is a regulated trust company that offers a technology platform providing exchanges, institutions, investment…
BNPP appoints FI&C co-heads in APAC
BNP Paribas’s securities services business has appointed Hugues Williamson and Mark Wootton as co-heads of the financial intermediaries & corporates (FI&C) client line in Asia Pacific. Williamson will be responsible for the FI&C client strategy in North Asia and Greater China and the primary contact for broker dealing outsourcing, correspondent banking, cash management and liquidity…
Clearstream and TMX to launch CCMS
TMX Group Limited, owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange, and Clearstream Banking, the ICSD owned by Deutsche Börse Group, plan to launch an automated collateral management service in Canada, which will include the introduction of Canada’s first domestic triparty repo capability. Targeted for launch in the third quarter of 2023, the initial phase of the…