HSBC has appointed Fiona Horsewill as global head of securities services. Based in London, she will report directly to Patrick George, the recently confirmed global head of markets & securities services. She will also be a member of the M&SS executive committee. Horsewill was most recently at Citi, where she was global head of data…
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Singlife to deploy front-to-back solution
Singlife, the Singapore-based financial services provider, has appointed Citi and BlackRock Aladdin to provide a technology platform to unify its asset management capabilities across its front, middle and back-office. The selection process began with a tender for 11 different front-office and back-office partners, with a total of 28 different combinations assessed. The final selection was…
Citi hires head of SS technology
Ken Sansom has joined Citi as the head of securities services technology. He joins from Amazon Web Services. His hiring is the latest in a string of senior management acquisitions by Citi’s securities services business. These include Mary Gaspar-Hillenbrand, global head of digital first transformation; Joe Bonanno, global head of data, digital, and innovation; and…
Waystone appoints new CRO
Waystone, the Ireland-based service provider to the investment management industry, has appointed Des Johnson as global chief revenue officer. Johnson, who is based in the U.S., was previously CEO for The Americas at Centaur, which Waystone recently acquired. Johnson joined Centaur in 2017 after a long career at Citi and a brief spell at SS&C.
Viridium hires CTO from Citi
Jörg Günther has joined Viridium, a specialist in the management of life insurance portfolios, as chief technology officer. He was previously with Citi, where he was global head of securities services technology, joining in 2019 from Northern Trust, where he was CTO for EMEA and chief information officer for its Corporate & Institutional Services business
SDX appoints head of digital securities
SIX Digital Exchange has appointed Alexandre Kech as head of digital securities, based in Switzerland. He was most recently with Citi Ventures, where he launched and ran its blockchain & digital asset team.
Citi to service Sanlam Private Wealth
Citi has been appointed by Sanlam Private Wealth, a South Africa-based wealth manager, for a range of services, including execution, cash and custody for Sanlam Private Wealth’s non-domestic client securities. The appointment forms part of a transformation of Sanlam Private Wealth’s business model, which includes a new investment platform and the outsourcing of trading and…
Cooper Wood appoints brand ambassador
Cooper Wood & Associates, the UK-based asset management and asset servicing consultancy, has appointed Terry Alleyne as a brand ambassador, which will involve him engaging with existing clients, and developing and promoting the Cooper Wood brand to a broader audience. Alleyne spent 23 years with Citi, and was most recently a relationship manager in HSBC’s…
Citi launches Proxymity in A&NZ
Citi has launched Vote Connect Total, a digital proxy voting service provided by Proxymity, in Australia and New Zealand. As part of this arrangement, Proxymity will manage the full life cycle of proxy voting services for Citi clients in the ANZ markets. Proxymity Vote Connect Total is the digital proxy service powered by Proxymity’s investor…
RBC hires two senior managers for Canada
RBC has hired Kevin Lui as head of custody product. He left Citi earlier this year after nearly 29 years. Additionally, Marijana Jovanovic has recently joined as head of product transformation, Canada. She joins from Manulife, where she was most recently responsible for leading transformation of the corporate treasury function. Prior to this, she was…