Frank Anduiza has joined Vistra as MD for the U.S. funds business. Vistra has also added four enterprise account managers for the U.S. – Christopher Murphy, Sean Ward, Matt Podolsky and Tony Olivo. The move follows Vistra’s recent acquisition of Phoenix American. Based in New York, Anduiza joins from Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions. He…
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Apex to buy Nikko ManCo in Lux
Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, Nikko AM Group, one of Asia’s largest asset managers, has reached an agreement to transfer its ManCo in Luxembourg to FundRock Management Company S.A., a subsidiary of Apex Group. The transfer agreement includes the sale of Nikko Asset Management Luxembourg S.A. to Apex. Following this, FundRock…
BNPP launches ESG service in ANZ
BNP Paribas has launched its ESG investment compliance monitoring service in Australia and New Zealand. The service provides ESG investment compliance screening capabilities for local asset managers and owners, allowing them to incorporate customisable and flexible ESG criteria into their portfolio monitoring. The service, which has already been deployed in Europe, includes a wide range…
Temenos hires from LSEG
Temenos has appointed Barb Morgan as chief product and technology officer. Reporting to Temenos CEO Jean-Pierre Brulard, she will join the company’s ExCo and lead the technology and product organisation. Barb joins Temenos from the London Stock Exchange Group, where she served as group head of product for data and analytics, leading the Microsoft-LSEG partnership.…
Glaysher retires from NT
Toby Glaysher has retired from Northern Trust after a 37-year career with the bank. He was most recently president of Global Fund Services. During his years of service at Northern Trust, he specialised in asset servicing, holding managerial and technical roles in both the back and front offices and in a number of locations, including…
Carne hires CFO
Carne Group, the European provider of fund regulation and governance solutions for the asset management industry and Europe’s largest third-party management company, has appointed John Cotter as its new chief financial officer. He joins Carne’s board and executive committee, reporting to John Donohoe, the group’s founder and CEO. He joins from Wells Fargo Bank International.
TCW expands with State Street
State Street and TCW have expanded their decades-long partnership that now includes the provision of middle office services. This engagement builds on and grows the existing services that State Street continues to provide TCW, including administrative and custody services to support TCW’s public and private fund complexes and capital for TCW’s alternatives platform. TCW will…
BNPP moves Kasparian to UK
BNP Paribas’ securities services business has appointed Julien Kasparian as its regional head for the UK and Middle East, subject to regulatory approvals. He was most recently head of Hong Kong SAR for securities services, and will hand over his former responsibilities to Laure Ly, previously head of client development, Greater China, for securities services.…
FundBank hires from State Street
FundBank, a provider of banking solutions to the alternatives sector, has appointed Marcia Rothschild as senior managing director, head of business development. Rothschild joins from State Street, where she was head of LatAm and the Caribbean.
Atkinson emerges at Euroclear
Neil Atkinson has joined Euroclear as a global client executive, based in London. He was previously at HSBC.