CIBC Mellon has formed a strategic collaboration with Duco, a SaaS provider of AI-powered data automation. By leveraging Duco’s advanced capabilities, CIBC Mellon aims “to lower operational risk, streamline processes, and empower finance and operations teams”.
Month: May 2024
Oak hires MD for Mauritius
Oak Group, a C.I.-based provider of international funds, private client and corporate services, has appointed Zoubeir Khatib as managing director, Mauritius. He previously led the business development unit for Apex in Mauritius and Africa. He replaces Paul Schreibke as he approaches retirement.
TMF gets green light from CBI
TMF Group Fund Operations (Ireland) Limited, part of the TMF Group, a Netherlands-based provider of compliance and business administration services, has received authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland to offer fund administration and transfer agency services to alternative funds. The licence comes after the acquisition of Goodbody Fund Management, the AIFM and ManCo division…
Altum hires UK director
Altum Group, a C.I.-based provider of fund and corporate administration solutions, has appointed Clare Hartnell as its new director in London. She joins from Langham Hall where she was head of the UK.
BK hires global custody ops head
BNY Mellon has hired Christopher Summers as global head of custody operations. He joins from J.P. Morgan, where he had a 30-year career.
Citi expands with Multifonds
Citi has extended its 20-year relationship with Multifonds to consolidate its current regional fund accounting operation into a global operating model through the Temenos Multifonds SaaS solution. Citi’s move to a global operating model for its fund services business, and from an on-site platform to Multifonds SaaS, will enable it to manage its business across…
HSBC hires global head of funds & trustee services
HSBC has hired Julie Kerr as global head of funds & trustee services. She joins from Citi and will be based in Hong Kong. She reports to Fiona Horsewill, global head of securities services, and joins HSBC’s securities services ExCo. She spent five years at Citi, where she was most recently APAC co-head of sales…
U.S. Bank promotes Kedia
U.S. Bancorp, parent company of U.S. Bank, has appointed Gunjan Kedia as its new president, reporting to Andy Cecere, who will retain the titles of chairman and CEO. Based in Minneapolis, Kedia, 53, will oversee the company’s core business lines: consumer and business banking; payment services; corporate & commercial banking; and wealth, corporate, commercial and…
CRD poaches APAC head from FactSet
Charles River Development, a State Street company, has appointed Vinayak Bhat as head of Asia Pacific, where he will be responsible for all business oversight within the region and collaboration with State Street Alpha, the front-to-back asset servicing platform. He joins Charles River from FactSet Research Systems where he was head of the Asia Pacific…
Aztec hires U.S. markets chief
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based fund and corporate services provider, has appointed Scott Kraemer to lead its offering across North America as head of U.S. markets. Aztec entered the U.S. in 2021 with its first office in Philadelphia, where he will be based. Kraemer’s most recent role was as Vistra’s head of alternative investments for the…