Ali Osman has joined Waystone as head of product pricing and leads global pricing strategy. Before joining Waystone he was product manager for institutional investors at BNP Paribas. Prior to this, he held a combination of product solutions, strategy and financial management roles in both the UAE and the UK for Citi’s custody and fund…
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Guerin moves to new role at SG
Mathilde Guerin, one of the superstars of the SGSS senior management team, has left the business to take a new role as deputy head of cash clearing & correspondent banking. Guerin joined SGSS in 2011, and was most recently global head of product engineering. SGSS recently appointed Gaëlle Duclos (another superstar) as deputy head.
HUB wins NAV oversight mandate
HUB, the fintech that is partly backed by State Street, has won a mandate from Acer Tree Investment Management for HUB NAV Oversight, a SaaS solution designed to optimise and automate NAV processes. Acer Tree, a mid-sized UK-based asset manager specialising in alternative investments, will leverage HUB NAV Oversight to streamline its NAV oversight process.
Langham Hall hires for Lux
Langham Hall, the UK-based administrator, has added two senior managers in Luxembourg. Ian Kent joins from State Street as head of fund administration – Luxembourg, and Brian Campion comes in from CSC as head of commercial – Luxembourg.
UI hires new head of Lux
Universal Investment Group (UI), the Germany-based fund services platform and Super ManCo, has appointed Jeremy Albrecht as its new CEO for Luxembourg. In this role, he will be responsible for heading UI’s Luxembourg platform, which consists of both UI Luxembourg, the largest AIFM and third party ManCo in Luxembourg, and fund administrator UI efa. He…
Platinum goes to NTRS
Northern Trust has been appointed by Sydney-based Platinum Asset Management to provide comprehensive asset servicing solutions across its Australian funds. Platinum Asset Management focuses on global equities and has approximately AUD11bn (USD6.8bn) AuM. Under the terms of the new mandate, Northern Trust will provide custody, fund administration, regulatory reporting, investment operations outsourcing, ETF administration and…
CACEIS wins Lincs mandate
The Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund has selected CACEIS and the CACEIS Pensions Centre to provide custody, accounting and performance services as part of a GBP3.5bn (USD4.3bn) mandate. CACEIS Pensions Centre is a dedicated administration hub backed by technology platform SimCorp Dimension. This end-to-end solution will provide Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund with administration capabilities,…
CIBCM deploys ActiveOps solution
CIBC Mellon is advancing its fund accounting operations through the deployment of ControliQ, an ActiveOps solution. ActiveOps specialises in decision intelligence, aimed at providing data to support the efficiency and decision-making capabilities of service operations. ControliQ is part of its product suite, focusing on operational performance management and providing AI-driven insights to help teams improve…
NT participates in green bond project
The National University of Singapore, Northern Trust and UOB have collaborated on the launch of a first-in-market initiative aimed at tokenising green bond credentials. NUS is the first university in Singapore to implement blockchain technology for ESG reporting. The tokenisation process will focus on ensuring data integrity, providing investors with confidence that the environmental impact…
SGSS appoints deputy CEO
SGSS has appointed Gaelle Duclos as deputy head, based in Paris. She was previously global head of banking and fund services operations.