ETC Group has appointed Zodia Custody to support its latest ETP listed on Deutsche Börse XETRA, the ETC Group Ethereum Staking ETP, a total return exchange-traded product that tracks the Compass Ethereum Total Return Monthly Index. The ETP is fully backed by the underlying digital assets, and counterparty risk is negated through an independent trustee.…
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NTRS selects FINBOURNE
Northern Trust has selected FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based fintech, to provide valuations and reporting capabilities for its enterprise global technology. Northern Trust will leverage FINBOURNE’s cloud-native financial data management solution, LUSID, and data virtualisation engine, Luminesce, to modernise its valuations and reporting functions and provide enhanced service delivery to clients.
BK hires head of alts
BNY Mellon has hired Elliott Brown as head of alternatives for the asset servicing business. Based in New York, he reports to Christine Waldron, global head of fund services. He was previously at Citco and has also worked at Apex and J.P. Morgan.
BNPP wins Chenavari PC mandate
Chenavari Asset Management has appointed BNP Paribas to provide private capital services for its newly launched Real Estate Decarbonisation Fund. BNP Paribas will provide depositary, registrar, accounting manager and middle office services. The bank will also provide digital reporting capabilities through its CapLink Private platform.
HSBC executes first HK digital bond repo
HSBC has executed a Hong Kong dollar repo transaction with The Bank of East Asia, Limited (BEA), which used Hong Kong government digitally native green bonds as collateral for financing purposes. This is understood to be the first repo in Hong Kong involving digital bonds. Using HSBC Orion as the digital assets platform, HSBC helped…
BPCE selects SimCorp for investment accounting
SimCorp, the Deutsche Börse-owned investment management fintech, has been appointed by BPCE Insurance as its new investment accounting platform. France-based BPCE Insurance, with EUR87bn AuM, is the insurance subsidiary of Groupe BPCE. The decision to partner with SimCorp is a result of BPCE Group’s strategic initiative to overhaul its operating model by re-internalising its investment…
Pirum expands in North America
Pirum Systems, the UK-based fintech specialising in automated post-trade services, has appointed Frank Seibold as head of commercial development, Americas. He joins the New York office and will work alongside Matthew Lilien, head of sales for North America. He joins Pirum from CME Group, where he was global head of strategic relationship management & head…
State Street wins LGPS PA mandate
LGPS Central, which manages GBP56bn (USD71bn) on behalf of eight UK local government pension schemes, has appointed State Street as provider of fund administration services for its private markets investments. State Street will initially support 13 funds managed by a combination of LGPS Central and its third-party managers with fund administration, registration services, investor services…
BNPP wins EUR110bn Italian mandate
BNP Paribas has been selected by BPER Banca to provide custody and settlement services for the complete portfolio of BPER Banca’s Italian and foreign securities, representing a total of EUR110bn (USD120bn) of assets. The mandate consolidates BPER Banca’s multi-year partnership with BNP Paribas, which includes settlement services for selected institutional clients’ portfolios. Founded over 150…
U.S. Bank launches firmwide PA unit
U.S. Bank has launched a new division dedicated to serving private capital firms and global asset managers. The private capital and global asset management division (PCGAM) brings together all parts of the bank that currently serve more than 200 private capital clients with a range of products and services, including fund custody and administration as…