BNY Mellon’s European bank, The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, has opened a new branch in Copenhagen, Denmark. Søren Eberhard, who established the Copenhagen representative office in 2008, will become branch manager.
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Sands Capital consolidates Irish UCITS admin with Northern Trust
Sands Capital Management, a U.S.-based manager with USD58bn AuM, has selected Northern Trust to provide fund administration, transfer agency, depositary and global custody services for its USD6bn Ireland-domiciled UCITS umbrella fund. The appointment consolidates provision of all asset servicing functions for Sands Capital Funds Plc to Northern Trust. The mandate builds on Northern Trust’s existing…
Carne appoints Marty Dobbins as non-executive director in Luxembourg
Carne Group, the Ireland-based provider of fund management solutions, has appointed Marty Dobbins as a non-executive director of its Luxembourg fund management company. Dobbins, who is the CEO of Sage Advisory, s.a.r.l, was formerly CEO & country head for State Street in Luxembourg. Earlier this year Dobbins was appointed as a director of Gen II…
SGSS launches Fund Alerts to support fund liquidity management
Société Générale Securities Services has launched Fund Alerts, a real-time liability fund management and liquidity risk prevention solution for asset managers. The service provides an instantaneous view of fund liability movements via various customised alerts across the following times: In real-time on subscription orders or redemptions received At closure of the fund on the inflow/outflow…
BP2S adds CLSA to broker panel for China-Hong Kong Stock Connect
BNP Paribas Securities Services has confirmed CLSA, the Kong Kong-based subsidiary of CITIC Securities, as the latest partner broker for its multi approved partner broker (MAP) model for the China-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme. The MAP model allows investors to choose from a variety of brokers whilst benefiting from guaranteed real DvP settlement through internalised…
Citi to administer SLAM’s first Hong Kong-registered index fund
Citi has been appointed by Sun Life Asset Management (HK) Limited as trustee, custodian, fund administrator and transfer agent for the Sun Life AM Hong Kong ESG Index Fund, Sun Life’s first fund to be registered in Hong Kong. The fund will track the Hang Seng ESG 50 Index.
U.S. Bank to adopt SEI Wealth Platform
U.S. Bank, the fifth largest bank in the U.S. and one of the world’s top 10 custodians, has adopted the SEI Wealth Platform (SWP) across its wealth management and investment services group. SWP is a fully integrated, single-infrastructure technology solution that supports a digital experience for wealth managers and their clients. U.S. Bank will migrate…
BNY Mellon launches margin messaging through AcadiaSoft
BNY Mellon has launched MarginConnect, a margin messaging capability that gives greater control to buyside managers over the collateralisation of non-cleared derivatives. The service provides a direct connection to AcadiaSoft, BNY Mellon’s collateral management solutions partner. With this link, clients are able to generate collateral instructions within the AcadiaSoft ecosystem without having to separately create…
Daniel Hickey joins RBC as global head of network management
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has appointed Daniel Hickey as global head of network management, based in the UK. He joins from Barclays Bank, where he was head of EMEA network management. Hickey inherits a completely revamped network that was rationalised through a project known as Network 2.0, reducing the number of providers from 23…
MUFG Investor Services launches contingent NAV solution
MUFG Investor Services has launched cNAV, its contingent net asset value solution for mutual funds.