Wayne Beighton has joined Waystone as a managing director, based in the UK. He was previously at HSBC, and has also worked at Northern Trust and State Street.
Category: HSBC
Broadridge gets new COO
Roz Smith has joined Broadridge International as COO. Smith, who is based in London, will work with Mike Sleightholme, president of Broadridge International. Prior to joining Broadridge, Smith spent eighteen years at HSBC.
HSBC leads fundraising for Marketnode
HSBC has led a Series A investment round for Marketnode, the Singapore-based digital market infrastructure operator, alongside contributions from existing shareholder Temasek. The investment will be used to scale Marketnode’s platforms and realise the shareholders’ ambitions to develop a multi-asset ecosystem, starting in Asia-Pacific. Since 2020, HSBC and Marketnode have co-developed a digital market infrastructure…
Qatar strikes first sec lending deal
The Qatar Stock Exchange and Edaa Qatar have overseen the first onshore securities lending and borrowing transaction in Qatar. HSBC acted as custodian and agent lender for this transaction while QNBFS acted as the borrower.
HSBC hires global head of funds & trustee services
HSBC has hired Julie Kerr as global head of funds & trustee services. She joins from Citi and will be based in Hong Kong. She reports to Fiona Horsewill, global head of securities services, and joins HSBC’s securities services ExCo. She spent five years at Citi, where she was most recently APAC co-head of sales…
HSBC leads funding round for HQLAᵡ
HQLAᵡ has closed a Series C investment round led by HSBC, with participation from existing shareholders including BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, Citigroup, Deutsche Börse Group, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan. As part of HSBC’s investment, Jamie Anderson, head of collateral treasury trading at HSBC, will join the HQLAᵡ board of directors. HQLAᵡ is fintech that…
Hamilton joins M&G
Dorothy Hamilton has joined M&G, the UK asset manager, as director of supplier management. She was previously global head of securities services operations for HSBC, based in Edinburgh. In 2023 Richard Godfrey, formerly co-head of HSBC’s securities services business, joined M&G as COO of the asset management business. Earlier in 2024 HSBC hired Mitesh Sharma…
Kyle lands at Broadridge
After a 10-month sabbatical, Ally Kyle has emerged at Broadridge Financial Solutions as director, ICS international account management. Kyle spent 10 years at HSBC, most recently as head of account management in Europe for asset owners and managers. ICS is Broadridge’s investor communications business.
RLAM deploys Aladdin
Royal London Asset Management, a UK fund management company with GBP153bn (USD194bn) AuM, has adopted BlackRock’s Aladdin technology platform, which HSBC will leverage to manage RLAM’s middle office. RLAM’s assets are currently serviced by HSBC’s securities services business, and will now be supported by Aladdin. HSBC has provided RLAM with global custody and middle-office services…
Perennial consolidates with HSBC
Perennial Partners, an Australian manager, has appointed HSBC as custodian and fund and ETF administrator. Asset transition has been completed, with HSBC now providing services for all Perennial funds across 25 markets.