HSBC Securities Services has launched Digital Vault, a custody blockchain platform to digitise the transaction records of private placements. The platform will enable global custody clients to access details of their private assets, including equity, debt and real estate, directly and in real-time instead of having to request a search of paper-based records. HSS says…
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Noor Adhami appointed MENAT head for HSBC Securities Services
HSBC Securities Services has appointed Noor Adhami as head of MENAT, in addition to her current role as head of global liquidity and cash management for MENAT. She will continue to report on a functional basis to Diane Reyes, global head of global liquidity and cash management, and on an entity basis to Gareth Thomas,…
HSS appoints Ciara O’Sullivan as head of trustee & depositary In Ireland
HSBC Securities Services has appointed Ciara O’Sullivan as head of trustee and fiduciary services in Ireland. She joins from Duff & Phelps, where she spent nine years as a director in the regulatory consulting team, and previously worked at Brown Brothers Harriman in several roles, including European compliance officer and head of depositary.
HSS wins two new mandates
Two mandates for HSBC Securities Services: HSS has been appointed as custodian and administrator for International Asset Management’s UCITS and AIF ICAV multi manager platforms, domiciled in Ireland. As part of the mandate, HSS will provide custody, trustee, transfer agent, fund administration and other related banking services. Kommunalbanken, a local government funding agency wholly owned…
HSS appoints Adnan Hussain as global head of agency lending
HSBC Securities Services has hired Adnan Hussain as global head of agency lending. He is based in London and reports to Seb Danloy, global head of asset managers & owners. Hussain joins from BNP Paribas, where he was global head of agency securities lending and head of market and financing services for the UK. The…
HSS appointed as administrator for first OFC in Hong Kong
HSBC Securities Services has been appointed the custodian and fund administrator for Pacific Hawk Global OFC, the first open-ended fund company launched in Hong Kong. The assets of OFCs must be segregated from those of the investment manager and entrusted to a separate, independent custodian for safekeeping. An OFC must appoint a custodian which meets…
HSS appoints Tania Mahler as global head of bus dev for PA
HSBC Securities Services has appointed Tania Mahler as global head of business development, private assets. Mahler, who joined HSS in 2018 from BNP Paribas, is based in London and reports to Tony McDonnell, global head of private assets.
U.S. Bank appoints HSBC for Saudi sub-custody
U.S. Bank now offers investors access to the Saudi Arabia market. HSBC Saudi Arabia will act as sub-custodian and Saudi Arabia British Bank as cash correspondent bank. HSBC and SABB will provide U.S. Bank with local custody and cash clearing services for investment services clients investing in Saudi Arabia through the qualified foreign investor (QFI)…
MEAG executes bond trade in China via HSBC
MEAG, the asset manager for Munich RE and ERGO, has become the first German investor to execute a bond trade in the Chinese capital market via Bond Connect. HSBC in Germany enabled settlement of the underlying transaction as well as the related FX. Tradeweb was used as the electronic trading system to execute the transaction…