IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed John Legrand as managing director of UK and Ireland. He joins from eFront, the BlackRock-owned alternative investment software provider, where he was managing director for Asia Pacific. Before that, he spent 10 years with BNY Mellon in Singapore and London.
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BNY Mellon partners with Milestone to offer new NAV services
BNY Mellon has launched a new suite of oversight and contingent net asset value (NAV) calculation solutions to complement its existing fund accounting capabilities. These new services are designed to drive greater transparency, efficiency and risk management for asset managers and asset owners. These expanded capabilities leverage the bank’s recent alliance with institutional investment solutions…
Tim Smollen takes sec lending team to MUFG from DB
As first reported here last November, MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Tim Smollen as global head of global securities lending solutions. He will be based in New York and will be joined by eight additional hires who will support the growth and development of MUFG’s…
BP2S reorganises as Placido gets promotion
Following the appointment of José Placido as CEO of BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) Americas, BP2S has made the following management changes: Alessandro Gioffreda, currently regional head of continental Europe for BP2S, is appointed head of territory management, covering all regions. In his new role, he will be responsible for the BP2S regional…
TMF hires Frank Welman and team from Intertrust
TMF Group, a provider of administration services based in Amsterdam, has appointed a new senior executive. Frank Welman joins from Intertrust in Luxembourg, where he was managing director of Western Europe for five years. He is joined by four other senior hires who are also moving across from Intertrust to take up roles at TMF.…
Fidelity hires Chris Tyrer to run digital assets business in Europe
Fidelity Investments is establishing a new entity to serve European institutions investing in digital assets. Fidelity Digital Assets, Ltd. will offer custody and trade execution services for digital assets to investors such as hedge funds, family offices and market intermediaries. This business builds upon the company’s 2018 launch of Fidelity Digital Asset Services in the…
Aztec appointed as depositary for Stafford Capital Partners
The Aztec Group, a C.I.-based administrator, has been selected to provide depositary services to Stafford Capital Partners, a U.S. real assets and private markets investment and advisory group. Aztec will act as a depositary to 13 investment vehicles with over USD1.9bn in assets.
HSS partners with AcadiaSoft for IMS
HSBC Securities Services will partner with AcadiaSoft to deliver a full end-to-end independent Initial Margin Service for its clients who are preparing for Phase 5 and Phase 6 regulatory initial margin. This functionality will enable HSS to calculate initial margin in compliance with the ISDA standard initial margin model (SIMM) independent of the clients’ counterparty.…
FIS takes majority stake in Virtus
FIS, the U.S.-based technology firm, has acquired a majority stake in the specialist alternatives fund solutions provider, Virtus Partners. Virtus focuses exclusively on managers in the credit space. Terms were not disclosed.
Storebrand appoints Northern Trust in Luxembourg
Northern Trust has been selected by Nordic investment manager Storebrand Asset Management AS as asset servicing provider for its AIF and UCITS funds domiciled in Luxembourg. Northern Trust will provide global custody, fund administration, transfer agency, depositary, and company secretarial services for the Storebrand funds in Luxembourg. The UCITS umbrella fund will operate a number…