Year: 2023

SS&C has hired Joanne Kane as chief compliance officer for SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) in the U.S. She will lead efforts to identify and support the complex compliance and risk management needs of SS&C’s registered fund clients in the U.S. Kane joins SS&C from the Investment Company Institute, an industry association representing…

BNY Mellon has hired Ryan Cuthbertson as global head of custody services. He reports to Emily Portney, CEO of asset servicing. Cuthbertson was most recently head of product for custody and clearing at Standard Chartered. Cuthbertson replaces Caroline Butler, who will now focus on her role as CEO of digital assets. Butler has been running…

CACEIS wants to be the dominant inserv provider in Europe. The RBC deal won’t deliver that, but it’s a start. Some of you may be familiar with a Major League Baseball team called the Los Angeles Angels. That’s right: they are called (in translation) The Angels Angels. If the franchise paid anything to a branding…

Mason Stevens Limited, the Australia-based wealth platform and provider of investment administration and managed account solutions, has appointed Citi to provide custody and integrated execution services. With >AUD6.7bn (USD4.5bn) under management and administration, Mason Stevens offers superannuation and non-superannuation products, managed account and investment solutions.

Zodia, Standard Chartered’s crypto custody business which is supported by Northern Trust, has raised USD36m as part of a Series A funding round led by SBI Holdings, a Japan-based venture capital fund manager. Standard Chartered remains the majority owner.

Deutsche Börse AG and SimCorp A/S have entered into a binding agreement which will see Deutsche Börse make an all cash recommended public takeover offer to acquire SimCorp, valuing the business at EUR3.9bn (USD4.3bn). The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals as well as other customary conditions and is expected to be completed in the…

Goji, the FCA regulated, UK-based fintech that offers investors digital access to alternative investments, has named Clémence Chorlay as its new operations director. Based in London, Chorlay was most recently fund operations manager at Moonfare, a digital investment platform for private equity. She also formerly worked at Euroclear, which acquired Goji in 2022.

Suntera Global, the Isle of Man-based administrator with USD35bn AuA, has promoted Alex Noel to chief financial officer and hired Tom Cope as group head of finance. Noel was previously director of mergers and acquisitions, whilst Cope was previously head of finance at Sanne, the Apex-owned administrator.

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for KYC, transaction monitoring and client lifecycle management, had added three C-suite executives. Stephanie White joins from eBay as chief people officer, Chris Zingo from Finastra as chief revenue officer, and Conor Clinch from ION as chief financial officer.

Citi has appointed Mike Hughes as global head of custody product development. He will be responsible for the custody strategy across all Citi’s proprietary markets and global models. He joins from Ocorian, a C.I.-based independent administrator. Prior to that, he was at J.P. Morgan. Based in London, he will report to Matthew Bax, global head…