Simone Vroegop has joined BNY Mellon as EMEA head of investment managers, based in London. She replaces Mark Moor, who is retiring. Vroegop reports to Irene Speridakos, global head of investment managers. She was previously at BBH, where she led strategy for the investor services business, and also spent nearly 15 years at State Street.
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State Street launches T+1 FX solution
In preparation for the US equity market’s transition to a T+1 settlement cycle in 2024, State Street has launched an automated workflow solution and integration with DTCC within State Street’s FX trading service, StreetFX. By connecting to DTCC Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) and its central trade matching platform, CTM, StreetFX can now receive settlement instructions…
DTCC to acquire Securrency
DTCC, the U.S. market infrastructure provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Securrency Inc., a developer of institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure. The acquisition is expected to close shortly. Both U.S. Bank and State Street are investors in Securrency. Securrency will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTCC and will operate under the name DTCC Digital…
Acadian transitions to BNY Mellon
Acadian Asset Management, the Boston-based manager with AuM of USD100bn, has been onboarded to BNY Mellon’s middle office platform. BNY Mellon now supports Acadian’s middle office activities, including trade support, IBOR and data delivery. Jim Crumlish, chief information officer at Acadian Asset Management, said: “This is an exciting milestone for Acadian. Strategically, this transition enables…
IQ-EQ hires from RBC
IQ-EQ has appointed David Giannone as senior managing director in the business development team in the U.S. He will specialise in private capital, offshore structures and business development. Giannone spent nearly 10 years at RBC Investor Services, most recently as global head of business development. It is understood that RBC IS is winding down its…
Industry legend retires from BNPP
Charley Cock is stepping down as vice chairman of BNP Paribas’ securities services business. Cock started his career at J.P. Morgan as a management trainee in the commercial department of Euroclear in Brussels, and held senior management roles across Europe for both institutions before the BNPP acquisition of J.P. Morgan’s European securities services business in…
BBH promotes Foley to global role
BBH has appointed Orla Foley as global head of relationship management for its investor servicew business. Foley, a principal of the firm, will relocate to BBH’s Boston office. She joined BBH in 1997 and was most recently head of relationship management for investor services in Europe.
Citco hires global ops head
Carl Andrews has been appointed global head of operations for Citco, the specialist alternatives administrator. Andrews, who is based in the UK, previously spent over 13 years at HSBC, most recently as head of Europe and the Americas for the securities services business.
Citi settles first trades through Synapse
Citi has settled trades for China Asset Management (Hong Kong) on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) Synapse platform, which recently went live. These were among the first trades executed and settled on Synapse, HKEX’s integrated settlement acceleration platform designed to complement the existing Northbound Stock Connect post-trade infrastructure. Citi claims to be…
J.P. Morgan launches Data Mesh
J.P. Morgan has launched its Securities Services Data Mesh for institutional investors, available through Fusion by J.P. Morgan. The solution enables investors to retrieve critical investment data held by J.P. Morgan using cloud-native channels including REST APIs, Jupyter notebooks and the Snowflake Financial Services Data Cloud.