Northern Trust has partnered with IdealRatings to enhance its analytical capabilities for investors’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposures. The ESG Analytics Summary provides investors with periodic snapshot analysis across their equity and corporate bond portfolios, setting out investment scores against a range of ESG factors, UN global compact principles and business activity flags.
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SMP to buy RBC Corporate Services in Hong Kong
The SMP group of companies, a global professional and financial services group based in the Isle of Man, has agreed to acquire RBC Corporate Services Hong Kong Limited, a division of RBC Investor & Treasury Services. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. The deal is supported by Palatine Private Equity LLP, a UK private…
Lester Owens moves to Wells Fargo from BNY Mellon
Lester Owens is to join Wells Fargo in the newly created role of head of operations. Owens, who joins Wells Fargo in late July 2020, will report to COO Scott Powell and will sit on the company’s operating committee. Owens joined BNY Mellon from J.P. Morgan at the end of 2018 as head of operations.
Northern Trust hires Alison Pain as CTO for EMEA
Northern Trust has named Alison Pain as chief technology officer (CTO) for Europe, Middle East & Africa. Based in London, Pain will lead the planning, organisation, direction and control of the enterprise technology business unit across EMEA. She reports to Tom South, chief information officer at Northern Trust, with a local reporting line to Teresa…
Washington Capital appoints U.S. Bank to administer new feeder funds
Washington Capital has appointed U.S. Bank to provide custody, fund administration and fund accounting services to newly formed feeder funds that will invest into a select group of third-party fund managers. In addition, Seattle-based Washington Capital will continue its relationship with U.S. Bank to service its RIA clients. Washington Capital is an investment advisor with…
BNP Paribas partners with BlackRock’s Aladdin for E2E solution
BNP Paribas has entered into an alliance with BlackRock Solutions to offer an integrated, front-to-back investment management solution via Aladdin Provider. The alliance combines BP2S’s middle office, fund administration and custody services with Aladdin’s investment management infrastructure. The model is already live with BNP Paribas Asset Management, a mutual client.
State Street forms alliance with Virtus for CDO/CLO processing
State Street has formed an alliance with Virtus from FIS to provide collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and collateralized debt obligation (CDO) technology management solutions to clients in the United States and Europe. Through this alliance, State Street will leverage Virtus’ business process-as-a-service solution to provide services jointly to CLO and CDO clients. Virtus will deliver…
Citi hires Chay Thurlow to head global custody operations
Citi has appointed Chay Thurlow as global head of custody operations. Based in London, he reports to Brian Ovaert, global head of securities services & issuer services operations. He joins from Deutsche Bank, where he spent more than 10 years, most recently as the head of securities and trust & agency operations. He fills the…
CACEIS and Amundi joins forces for front-to-back solution
CACEIS has partnered with Amundi, the French asset manager, to offer a front-to-back outsourcing solution for asset owners and managers. This brings together Amundi Services’ ALTO portfolio management platform with CACEIS’ middle office and back office services. Both CACEIS and Amundi are owned by Crédit Agricole.
BBH appoints Keith Haberlin as head of fintech
Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed Keith Haberlin as head of fintech, with responsibility for fintech products, execution, relationship management and sales. The fintech business provides middle office technology and services to asset managers, including Infomediary technology for data messaging and connectivity. Haberlin takes over from Mike McGovern, who has served in the role since 2017.…