Month: March 2025

Brown Brothers Harriman has entered into an arrangement with MUFG Investor Services, a division of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB), under Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc, for the provision of enhanced securities lending services to BBH’s asset manager and financial institutions clients globally. BBH clients will benefit from an enhanced securities lending product…

Citco has appointed Ken Shimamura as head of client servicing in Japan. This coincides with the launch of Citco Japan Co KK, the firm’s new entity in Japan. Prior to joining Citco, Shimamura was head of fund finance at Savills Investment Management Asia Limited.

Pirum, the fintech for securities finance automation and collateral management, has hired Rhys Chapman as global customer success director, overseeing customer success, client services, and client onboarding. Based in London, Chapman joins from Rimes.

Northern Trust has been appointed by Brickwood Asset Management, a UK asset management firm launched in 2024, to provide asset servicing solutions across front, middle and back-office functions. Solutions to be provided include Northern Trust’s investment data science partnership with Equity Data Science, as well as outsourced trading via Integrated Trading Solutions and a range…

State Street has agreed with Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. to acquire Mizuho’s global custody and related businesses outside Japan. These businesses support the overseas investments of Mizuho’s Japanese clients. Mizuho currently operates its global custody and related business outside Japan through its local subsidiaries Mizuho Trust & Banking (Luxembourg) S.A., owned by Mizuho Trust &…

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, has advised on the launch of the Daiwa Blackstone Infrastructure Fund. The fund, which was recently launched, is structured as a Cayman Islands unit trust and is authorised for public offering in Japan. The fund is managed by IQ-EQ Fund Management (Ireland) Limited, IQ-EQ’s Irish fund management…

HGGC, a middle-market private equity firm, is to become the majority investor in Centralis, the Luxembourg-based alternative asset and corporate services provider. The deal is expected to close later in 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.