Category: BNY Mellon

BNY Mellon has hired one of the superstars of the global investor services business. Christine Waldron is joining as head of fund services, having worked for nearly 25 years at U.S. Bank, most recently as chief product officer for the wealth and investment services business lines. She replaces Alan Flanagan, who has been appointed head…

Shaun Parkes has joined BNY Mellon as head of insurance and investment management. Based in London, he reports to Ed Fandrey, head of Global Client Management, and joins the GCM leadership team. Parkes previously held leadership, sales, and product roles over two decades of experience at J.P. Morgan in both Europe and Asia, including his…

James Slater, CEO of BNY Mellon’s corporate trust business, is to retire at the end of September. Slater, who has run the corporate trust business since 2022, was one of the original CIBC executives to join the CIBC Mellon joint venture at its formation in 1996 before moving to BNY Mellon in 2010. He served…

Fred Alger Management, LLC, a privately-owned USD22bn growth equity investment manager, has appointed BNY Mellon to provide global fund services, as well as portfolio accounting, performance measurement and data management solutions. Alger expects to complete this transition by early 2024. Two of the outgoing providers are thought to be BBH as custodian, and UMB as…

Ocorian, the C.I.-based provider of corporate and fiduciary, fund administration, and capital markets services, has appointed Christoph Schwarz as business development director, capital markets, focusing on financial institutions and law firms in the UK and Europe. Based in London, he was previously at BNY Mellon in its corporate trust team.