State Street has launched a carbon asset servicing solution and depositary services to enable clients to integrate carbon-related assets into their portfolios. State Street aims to simplify the management of carbon assets for clients. Additionally, clients accessing the solution will be able to incorporate carbon assets into both existing ESG and non-ESG portfolios, using State…
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Dale Smith to retire from U.S. Bank
After a distinguished 45-year career with U.S. Bank, Dale Smith is to retire. He is currently head of the Wealth Management & Investment Services Transformation Office, and has overseen the migration of its custody business to the SEI Wealth platform. During his storied career he led expansion of the trust & custody business from USD400bn…
Citi confirms new Benelux chief
As previously reported, Citi has now confirmed that Eduardo Gramuglia Pallavicino has joined as the new head of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg (Benelux) for securities services. Before a brief spell at Next Gate Tech, Gramuglia was at State Street where he was CEO and country head of Luxembourg. He replaces Larissa Sototskaya, who has moved…
BNY Mellon hires new custody chief
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…
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…