Laurent Born has joined BNY Mellon as head of depositary bank services in Luxembourg. He previously spent more than 17 years at RBC Investor & Treasury Services. His appointment follows the recent announcement that Brenda Bol had been appointed as the new branch manager for BNY Mellon in Luxembourg.
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State Street hires new global head of network management
State Street has hired Dan Hickey as global head of network management, based in the UK. Hickey joins from RBC Investor & Treasury Services, where he held a similar role. Following the successful implementation of its market-leading Network 2.0 strategy, RBC is currently building out interfaces with its three core sub-custody providers: Citi, Clearstream and…
New UK sales head at RBC
Nils Mordt has been appointed head of UK client coverage at RBC Investor & Treasury Services. He has been at RBC since 2018.
HSBC wins GBP50bn Aviva RE mandate
HSBC and Mount Street Group have entered into a 10-year strategic agreement with Aviva Investors for asset servicing arrangements for its real assets business, covering GBP50bn (USD60bn) AuM. The mandate will see HSBC and Mount Street assume all fund administration and debt servicing functions on behalf of Aviva Investors’ real assets strategies. The mandate follows…
RBC I&TS appoints global head of bus dev
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has appointed David Giannone as global head of business development and a member of the executive operating committee. In this newly created role, he will lead RBC I&TS’ global sales force. Prior to this appointment, Giannone was managing director and head of U.S. for RBC I&TS. He will continue to…
AssetMetrix hires deputy tech head
AssetMetrix, the Germany-based fintech in which BNP Paribas has a stake, has hired Vasileios Antonopoulos as deputy head of technology. He will be based in Luxembourg. He joins from RBC Investor & Treasury Services.
RBC to service Tradex in Canada
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has been selected by Tradex Management Inc. to provide back-office services, including custody, fund accounting, securities lending and transfer agency. Tradex, a fund manager based in Ottawa, has exclusively supported the investment needs of public service professionals and their families since 1960. Blair Cooper, president and CEO of Tradex, said:…
Citi makes European management changes
Citi has announced some senior management changes in Europe: Alex Todd has been appointed head of securities services for Europe. He will report to Maria Cantillon, EMEA head of securities services sales, Kristen Braden, and Bryan Murphy, global head of bank sales. He will continue in his role as EMEA head of bank sales. He…
J.P. Morgan hires senior RBC manager
Dave Scanlan has joined J.P. Morgan as executive managing director, fund services EMEA operations, based in Dublin. Scanlan joins from RBC Investor & Treasury Services, where he spent more than eight years, most recently as global head of specialist product services. His move follows the recent departure of Padraig Kenny, formerly the head of RBC’s…
RBC wins ETF mandate for Evermore
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has been named custodian by Evermore Capital Inc. for Canada’s first target date ETFs, eight of which were launched in February. RBC I&TS will also provide ETF accounting and administration services. This is a new relationship with Evermore, a Canadian asset management company currently focused on retirement ETFs. Myron Genyk,…