Category: HSBC

M&G Investments, the UK-based manager with c. GBP300bn (USD381bn) AuM, has appointed Richard Godfrey as chief operating officer for asset management, subject to regulatory approval. Reporting to CEO Joseph Pinto, Godfrey will join M&G’s asset management executive committee and will be responsible for all investment management operational functions. Godfrey was most recently global co-head of…

HSBC has appointed Giovanni Fenocchi as head of asset owners & managers sales for securities services across Europe, MENA and the U.S. He has spent 24 years with HSBC spanning client coverage, operations and risk, most recently as global head of issuer services. He reports to Alexis Meissner and Matt Kiraly, global co-heads of platform…

IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has appointed Matthew Abbott to the newly created role of global head of sales operations. He is based in the London office, reporting to Emma Crabtree, group chief commercial officer. Abbott was previously global head of sales & client enablement for HSBC’s securities services business.

Further changes at HSBC’s securities business, where Sébastien Danloy continues to lead as interim global head of securities services. Rafael Moral, regional head of securities services of Asia-Pacific & MENAT, will expand his remit as global head of country management for securities services. Brendan Matthews, US country head and Americas COO for securities services, will…

Crestbridge, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Marcelo Gazzi as director, institutional governance services. Governance services includes ManCo, director, client compliance, depository, trustee, Appointed Representative and Operator business units. Gazzi has spent the past 12 years working for HSBC in both the UK and Jersey, where he was most recently wholesale chief administration officer for HSBC’s…

HSBC has appointed Alistair Bentivoglio as head of global product delivery for securities services. This role brings together the direct custody & clearing and investor services delivery functions. He joined HSBC’s securities services strategy team in 2020 from BNY Mellon. He reports to Sébastien Danloy, interim global head of securities services, and will join the…