BNY Mellon has hired Ryan Cuthbertson as global head of custody services. He reports to Emily Portney, CEO of asset servicing. Cuthbertson was most recently head of product for custody and clearing at Standard Chartered. Cuthbertson replaces Caroline Butler, who will now focus on her role as CEO of digital assets. Butler has been running…
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Citi wins Aussie platform mandate
Mason Stevens Limited, the Australia-based wealth platform and provider of investment administration and managed account solutions, has appointed Citi to provide custody and integrated execution services. With >AUD6.7bn (USD4.5bn) under management and administration, Mason Stevens offers superannuation and non-superannuation products, managed account and investment solutions.
Zodia raises USD36m
Zodia, Standard Chartered’s crypto custody business which is supported by Northern Trust, has raised USD36m as part of a Series A funding round led by SBI Holdings, a Japan-based venture capital fund manager. Standard Chartered remains the majority owner.
Citi hires global head of custody prod dev
Citi has appointed Mike Hughes as global head of custody product development. He will be responsible for the custody strategy across all Citi’s proprietary markets and global models. He joins from Ocorian, a C.I.-based independent administrator. Prior to that, he was at J.P. Morgan. Based in London, he will report to Matthew Bax, global head…
Citi hires Lux/NL chief
Citi has hired Eduardo Gramuglia Pallavicino as head of Luxembourg & the Netherlands. Gramuglia, who has been working as a strategic advisor and non-executive director, was previously head of Luxembourg for State Street and has also worked at BBH. He replaces Larissa Sototskaya, who has moved to a new role as global head of TA…
Vistra hires industry veteran for UK PERE role
Vistra, the Asia-based administrator, has hired David Page as UK business development director for private equity and real estate. He was most recently in the alternatives business development team at BNY Mellon.
BNY Mellon and FRT expand agreement
BNY Mellon has expanded its 2021 agreement with Financial Recovery Technologies (FRT), a global securities class actions recovery provider, to cover North American class action filing and recovery service, including broader access to comprehensive non-U.S. alerts for global markets. Headquartered in the U.S., FRT has more than 2,500 institutional clients worldwide who deploy FRT’s class…
Dale Grieve joins J.P. Morgan
Dale Grieve has joined J.P. Morgan as head of long term savings & wealth, UK and Ireland platform sales. He previously spent nearly 18 years at HSBC, most recently as head of UK sales & business development for the securities services business.
State Street expands Tahiri’s role
State Street has appointed Mostapha Tahiri, Asia Pacific CEO, to take on additional responsibilities to lead its Middle East business. In his expanded capacity, Tahiri will be responsible for all business activities for the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. Based in Singapore, Tahiri will continue to report to Andrew Erickson, chief productivity officer and…
BNY Mellon hires head of digital assets product
BNY Mellon has hired Max de Guillebon as head of digital assets product. He recently stepped down as CEO of Zodia Custody, the UK-headquartered digital assets custodian owned by SC Ventures in association with Northern Trust.