BNY Mellon has been appointed by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. to provide transfer agency services. Mark Fischer, CFO of Charles Schwab Investment Management, said: “We are eager to work with the BNY Mellon team and have been impressed by its service model, solutions, deep industry experience and the strategic vision they bring to investor…
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Renee LaRoche-Morris joins State Street from BNY Mellon
Renee LaRoche-Morris is joining State Street as the chief of staff to the COO, Lou Maiuri. She joins from BNY Mellon, where she has held multiple leadership positions across custody, finance, and investment management groups. Most recently, she was COO for BNY Mellon’s investment management group, with oversight for operations, technology, initiatives, and regulations impacting…
BNY Mellon accepts Chinese bonds as triparty collateral
BNY Mellon has facilitated better investor utilisation of Chinese fixed income assets following the introduction of the bonds as eligible collateral on BNY Mellon’s triparty platform through Hong Kong’s Bond Connect. BNY Mellon’s new solution enables clients to deploy these assets as collateral. Once the assets are within the bank’s triparty platform, clients can use…
BNY Mellon tapped to provide admin services for new bitcoin ETF
BNY Mellon has been named in the initial registration statement as a service provider for the First Trust SkyBridge Bitcoin ETF Trust, a newly created bitcoin ETF that is currently pending approval by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. After completion of definitive service provider agreements and the SEC’s final approval of the ETF, BNY…
State Street hires BNY Mellon’s Ann Fogarty
State Street has hired BNY Mellon’s Ann Fogarty as deputy head of the global delivery unit. She has responsibility for State Street’s custody, middle office, transfer agency and client service operations. Fogarty reports to Liz Nolan, head of global delivery. She will also join State Street’s management committee. At BNY Mellon, Fogarty was most recently…
BNY Mellon invests in Fireblocks
Fireblocks, a provider of software to store, transfer and issue digital assets, has raised USD133m in Series C venture capital funding. BNY Mellon is one of the investors.
Kay Hayre joins BNY Mellon to co-head IM sales
Kay Hayre has joined BNY Mellon as co-head of investment managers (IM) sales. In this role, Hayre will partner with co-head Laura Steinbach to drive business development activities, advance strategic relationships, and grow the firm’s pipeline of opportunities with IM prospects and clients globally. She will focus on IM business development internationally, whilst Steinbach will…
Duncan Cooper joins BNY Mellon to head EMEA digital solutions
Duncan Cooper has joined BNY Mellon as EMEA head of global digital solutions, based in the UK. He joins from HSBC, where he was head of data products strategy for securities services.
BNY Mellon appoints Mark Militello as Japan country executive
BNY Mellon has appointed Mark Militello as Japan country executive, subject to regulatory approval. He will continue as Asia Pacific head of markets and clearance and collateral management. He is currently based in Hong Kong and he will relocate to Japan. He replaces Doug Hymas, who is leaving the firm.
BNY Mellon to service Pioneer Funds for Amundi US
Amundi US, the US business of Amundi, one of the world’s ten largest asset managers, has appointed BNY Mellon to provide custody, fund accounting, administration and transfer agency services for the Pioneer Funds, which are managed by Amundi US. Amundi and BNY Mellon recently announced an alliance involving Amundi’s ALTO* portfolio management technology platform and…