Year: 2024

Pirum, the fintech focused on securities finance and collateral management, has appointed Richard Marquis as director, sales, North America. Based in New York, Marquis joins Pirum from MUFG Securities, where he ran the securities finance regulatory project for 10c-1a compliance. He has also worked at BNY, J.P. Morgan and UBS.

Although it has not been officially announced, credible sources say that Sébastien Danloy is joining Euroclear as chief business officer, replacing Valérie Urbain, who was appointed CEO earlier this year. After leaving HSBC, Danloy joined BNP Paribas in 2023 as global head of sales & relationship management for institutional investors, a newly created role. He…

Dylan Curley has joined BNY in a newly created role as client coverage global head of alternatives within its asset servicing business. Curley joins from U.S. Bank’s global fund services unit where he was global head of business development. He has also worked at J.P. Morgan. Curley will be based in New York, reporting to…

Northern Trust has been appointed by Valverde Investment Partners Pte Ltd. to provide custody, fund administration, FX and cash management services for its newly formed Variable Capital Company (VCC) fund, along with its sub-fund, ASEAN+ Fund (VAPF). Valverde is a newly established, Singapore-based, independent investment management firm specialising in ASEAN equities.

Vistra, the Asia-based business services provider, has appointed David Anderson as country managing director for Singapore. In this newly-created role, he reports directly to Kim Jenkins, COO. He joins from GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group) where he was the managing director, South APAC,

BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin, an independent provider of private markets data, for GBP2.55bn (USD3.2bn) in cash. The combination of Preqin with eFront, Aladdin’s private markets solution, brings together the data, research, and investment process for fund managers and investors across fundraising, deal sourcing, portfolio management, accounting, and performance. Preqin will also continue to…

Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has outsourced its ETF business to Waystone ETFs. The single ETF, NTAM’s USD287.4m FlexShares Listed Private Equity UCITS, will now be hosted on Waystone ETF’s ICAV platform. NTAM will continue as the investment manager for the ETF. Northern Trust’s asset servicing unit will continue to act as custodian and administrator.