State Street has been appointed as custodian and administrator for the >AUD30bn (USD20bn) in funds invested for members of Brighter Super, an Australian super. State Street will provide services to Brighter Super’s >130 portfolios across multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income, private assets and derivatives. Under the new mandate, State Street will provide Brighter…
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Berenberg expands BNPP mandate
Berenberg, one of Europe’s oldest privately owned banks, has appointed BNP Paribas to provide depositary bank, transfer agency, listed derivatives clearing, and OTC derivatives services in Germany and Luxembourg. This new mandate expands Berenberg’s long-term partnership with BNP Paribas, which already includes local clearing, settlement, and custody services across multiple markets. The mandate covers Berenberg’s…
NZ Super expands with Northern Trust
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has expanded its relationship with Northern Trust to include data services through its data warehouse solutions offering. Northern Trust has provided the NZ Super Fund with global custody and compliance monitoring services since 2007 and securities lending services from 2019. Northern Trust Asset Management has provided investment management services to…
ECPOConnect goes live
BNY Mellon has gone live with the first client for ECPOConnect, a collateral optimisation service developed in collaboration with Pirum Systems, the post-trade services fintech. The inaugural client is a Canadian bank. This new service combines BNY Mellon’s collateral management service, ECPO, with Pirum’s CollateralConnect platform, a SaaS-based solution supporting front-to-back cross-asset margin, collateral and…
U.S. Bank expands leadership roles
U.S. Bank has expanded leadership roles for Stephen Philipson and Felicia La Forgia as part of an effort to strategically position the bank’s Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB) team. They will continue to report to Gunjan Kedia, who was recently named president of U.S. Bancorp, overseeing the company’s revenue lines of business, including…
Awqaf partners with Apex
Apex Group has been appointed by Awqaf Investment, the investment arm of the General Authority for Awqaf in Saudi Arabia, as its new strategic partner. Awqaf provides investment services to the non-profit sector. Apex Group will be providing fund accounting, transfer agency, and middle & back office outsourcing. In 2023 State Street completed implementation of…
FundGuard links to ICE
FundGuard, the multi-asset and multi-book investment accounting utility which is backed by Citi and State Street, has formed a collaboration with ICE’s data services business, which is part of Intercontinental Exchange, the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services. The collaboration will provide asset managers, asset owners and…
BNPP wins major European mandate
BNP Paribas has been mandated by Flossbach von Storch, one of Europe’s leading independent asset managers with >EUR 70bn (USD76bn) AuM, to provide services including global custody, fund accounting, and transfer agency for its UCITS funds in Germany and Luxembourg, covering >EUR 50bn (USD54bn) in assets.
Vivian Tung moves to MFS
Vivian Tung has left BNY Mellon to join the ETF product team at MFS Investment Management, based in Boston. At BNY Mellon Tung was global head of ETF services. She joined in 2022 after spending nearly 17 years at BBH.
CACEIS completes RBC integration in Europe
CACEIS has completed the integration of RBC’s European asset servicing activities. All staff across all locations are now regrouped under common legal structures. Having obtained regulatory authorisations, CACEIS has updated its legal structures by combining entities in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland and Switzerland. The client migration project is scheduled for completion by the end of…