Pirum, the fintech focused on securities finance and collateral management, has launched Pirum TradeConnect, a global, standardised and open pre-trade connectivity solution for equities and fixed income, fully integrated with Pirum’s established post-trade services. Pirum TradeConnect provides the ability to connect with any counterpart bilaterally, as well as directly with multiple venues, in any format,…
Month: September 2024
IQ-EQ hires Dutch commercial director
IQ-EQ has appointed Peter van Opstal as commercial director for the Netherlands. Prior to joining IQ-EQ, he was commercial director and management team member at Vistra in Amsterdam.
IDR boosts U.S. management
IDR, the private funds clearinghouse, has appointed Jason Meklinsky as chief revenue officer, based in the U.S. He joins from Suntera. IDR is the investor clearinghouse for private markets, connecting over 53,000 investors with 8,400 funds and 500 managers.
2Xideas adds to Northern Trust mandate
2Xideas AG has expanded its relationship with Northern Trust to include Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS). The Switzerland-based investment firm, with c. USD2bn in AuM, first appointed Northern Trust in 2022 as the firm’s fund accounting, financial reporting, transfer agency, custody, and depositary services provider. The firm currently manages four funds and several managed accounts, which…
SimCorp hires from CRD
SimCorp has hired Jason Pietrafitta as head of customer success for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. He was previously at CRD, a State Street company.
JTC to acquire Citi Trust
JTC, the C.I.-based services provider, plans to acquire Citi Trust, the global fiduciary and trust administration services business, from Citigroup. Citi Trust provides trust solutions from New York, Delaware, South Dakota, Jersey, Singapore, Switzerland and the Bahamas. Total AuA serviced by Citi Trust is >USD70bn across over 2,000 UHNW client relationships, with an average tenure…
ZEDRA appoints deputy CEO
ZEDRA, the Switzerland-based services provider, has appointed Dean Blackburn as deputy CEO. He joins from JTC, where he began in 2019 as group director to the CEO’s office. He later served as JTC’s chief commercial officer before taking up the group head of institutional client services role in 2022.
Northern Trust launches carbon credits trading platform
Northern Trust has launched the Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem with the first live transactions on the blockchain-based platform which enables institutional buyers to digitally access carbon credits from leading project developers. The transactions were initiated by Water Recovery Systems IP Limited and CUT Carbon Distributed Technologies AG, which sold carbon credits to institutional buyers for…
SS&C to acquire Battea
SS&C has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Battea-Class Action Services, LLC, a provider of securities class action claims management and settlement recovery services. The purchase price is c. USD670m, subject to certain adjustments. Battea helps more than 900 banks, asset managers hedge funds and proprietary trading firms to receive the maximum distribution of entitled…
Northern Trust launches APAC FI desk
Northern Trust has launched its Integrated Trading Solutions fixed income outsourced trading capability in APAC, provided through Northern Trust Securities in Australia. Northern Trust now offers 24/6 fixed income trading coverage from desks based in Chicago, London and Sydney.